Perspectives in Ecology, Spirituality and Education
Spring 2006
Feature Article: Seeking the Centre - Roslynn Haynes
‘We can never speak about nature without, at the same time, speaking about ourselves.’ Fritjof Capra
In this article I want to explore what the Australian desert may contribute
to our understanding of place in a mystical or spiritually significant
sense. The irony is that it has taken white Australians nearly two
hundred years to approach such an
understanding: ironical, because that is precisely the kind of relationship
that Aboriginal people have had with the land, including the desert,
for thousands of years.
More recently the insights of artists and poets have made the desert accessible to us in a way that was not available to the nineteenth-century explorers, but the false starts and misunderstandings of these predecessors are instructive.
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Contents - Issue 5
Features |
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Seeking the Centre - Roslynn Haynes |
Roslynn Haynes |
Desert Knowledge |
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Bush medicine for a bustling world |
Mark Stafford Smith |
Desertification |
Glen D. Abblitt |
Personal Commitment |
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We must be the change we wish to see |
Jo Russell |
Celebration of Place |
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Journey to the source of the Merri |
Freya Mathews |
Opinion |
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Spirituality in the ecology debate |
Tom Kingston |
Reflection |
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Lord of life |
Gretta Beveridge |
Sacred Earth Program |
Ellie Taffe |
Ethical Issues |
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Roses are blue? |
Caroline Smith |
Gene Technology - an update |
Gill Baker |
Earth Visionary |
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Maisie’s Babies |
Gill Baker |
Schools |
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The Spirit of Gúmburú |
Paul Lucas |
Engaging the Environment |
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Poetry |
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Invasion |
Vivienne Benton |
For children |
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Ponding |
Gill Baker |
Reviews |
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The Weather Makers |
Tom Kingston |
Presents for the grandchildren |
Gill Baker |
The World That We Want |
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Patterns of Australia |
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The Lorax |
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What's On |
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