Perceiving the Spirit of the Natural World
January 2014, Frey Vineyard
Related to Alchemy and Natural Sciences, Biodynamics, Mineral and Plant Alchemy, Soul Health
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Perceiving the Spirit in the Natural World – Frey Vineyard Jan 2014
Contemporary science, with its focus on the gathering of abstract data as a means for the perception of natural phenomena, tends to promote the view that nature is simply a resource to be exploited. Earlier civilizations tended to see the phenomena of nature as the actions of spiritual beings. This view promoted a reverence for the being-ness of the forces of nature that supported an ethos of conservation of resources. The poet Goethe coined the word morphology to describe his discovery of a method where the observer of nature can satisfy the contemporary scientific requirements of truth in the data while at the same time recognizing the dynamic actions of the intelligence of the forces of nature. This is achieved through the perception of what Goethe called “becomings”. This lecture will address ways to develop the perception of “becomings” in the natural world that lead to an experience of the Spirit in Nature.
Dennis Klocek, MFA, is co-founder of the Coros Institute, an internationally renowned lecturer, and teacher. He is the author of nine books, including the newly released Colors of the Soul; Esoteric Physiology and also Sacred Agriculture: The Alchemy of Biodynamics. He regularly shares his alchemical, spiritual, and scientific insights at soilsoulandspirit.com.
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