Gaia Alchemy: Science, Psyche and Soul
January 2024, Online
Related to Alchemy and Natural Sciences, Education, Soul Health
Type: Video | Posted Jan 29, 2024
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Dr Stephan Harding – Deep Ecology Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Holistic Science
How can we reintegrate psyche and soul into the practice of science?
About 400 years ago during the scientific revolution science and soul were drastically separated, propelling humanity into centuries of a valuable yet one-sided style of empiricism and rationality which has fundamentally disconnected us from each other and from nature. In this perspective, there is no room for the soul (anima or psyche), or for the development of empathy, intuition and feeling in relation to nature. This tragic separation is at the root of the serious ecological, climatic and psychological crisis which we currently experience all over the planet. Now, for the first time, we have access to detailed scientific knowledge of the dynamics of the Earth, while depth psychological understandings of alchemy have shed light on the functioning of the human psyche.
In this talk we will spend some time exploring how combining these apparent opposites – science and psyche – can help us recover our intrinsic wholeness to heal ourselves and the earth. We’ll do this by integrating the science of Gaia (Earth System Science) with alchemical ideas and images from our pre-scientific past in relation to the evolution of our planet throughout geological time.
This was given as part of the Soil, Soul and Spirit Alchemical Revival Symposium 2024
A selection of honored guests joining us to share their experience and wisdom.
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