by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) "The only hope, or so it seems to me, lies in a reenchantment of the world", writes Morris Berman in his book thusly titled. [1] "Some kind of holistic or participatory consciousness and a corresponding socio-political formation have to emerge if we are to survive as a … Continue reading The reenchantment of our world
by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) Max Weber, the subject of my last essay, was not alone in suspecting that certain religious beliefs - or the lack of them - had played a key role in shaping modern industrial society. Indeed, a century before Weber wrote about "die Entzauberung der Welt" - the … Continue reading The disgodding of nature and our hearts
by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) All the folk customs and rituals which today celebrate our belonging to nature are but the scattered and oft-distorted remnants of a primordial nature religion. This is the view put forward by French scholar Alain Daniélou (1907-1994) in his 1979 book Shiva et Dionysos. [1] As the … Continue reading Our sacred belonging
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