Living Waters
Invoking the presence of Rivers round the world and establishing an active mode of communication with our Earth.
A panpsychic view starts from the understanding that everything, including the Earth itself, is integral to the fabric of the living cosmos, all of the same sentient cloth. Mind is a fundamental aspect of matter just as matter is a fundamental aspect of mind: we are part of a world that has depth as well as structure, meaning as well as form. In Thomas Berry’s words, all beings live in a community of subjects, not a collection of objects.
During this 8-week online course, we will explore this perspective through a co-operative inquiry with Rivers in the vicinity of participants: if we invoke their living presence, address them as subjects and as persons, what manner of response might we receive? Rivers may include everything from mountain torrents through mature watercourses to tidal reaches; underground flows, wild streams or industrialized waterways.
This is a unique opportunity to develop the skills and capabilities needed to develop a different way of being in the world; and new ways to integrate this into everyday living. Through weekly touchpoints with participants from across the globe, together we will engage in a lovingly curated process of deep reflection and relating - to feel ourselves directly as participants in the process of life on earth itself.
Invoking the presence of Rivers round the world and establishing an active mode of communication with our Earth.
A panpsychic view starts from the understanding that everything, including the Earth itself, is integral to the fabric of the living cosmos, all of the same sentient cloth. Mind is a fundamental aspect of matter just as matter is a fundamental aspect of mind: we are part of a world that has depth as well as structure, meaning as well as form. In Thomas Berry’s words, all beings live in a community of subjects, not a collection of objects.
During this 8-week online course, we will explore this perspective through a co-operative inquiry with Rivers in the vicinity of participants: if we invoke their living presence, address them as subjects and as persons, what manner of response might we receive? Rivers may include everything from mountain torrents through mature watercourses to tidal reaches; underground flows, wild streams or industrialized waterways.
This is a unique opportunity to develop the skills and capabilities needed to develop a different way of being in the world; and new ways to integrate this into everyday living. Through weekly touchpoints with participants from across the globe, together we will engage in a lovingly curated process of deep reflection and relating - to feel ourselves directly as participants in the process of life on earth itself.