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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spiritby Daniel Quinn
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The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown...(more)
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  bensoph : Sophia-Nature Lover

Ishmael

bensoph said Feb 10, 10:57 AM:

 

For those interested in Deep Ecology principles in relation to Biblical teachings, Ishmael  by Daniel Quinn is a must read.  Because Deep Ecology uses a perception of the universe that is extremely ancient and tribal, much of the writings of Deep Ecologists can sound foreign to those of us raised on Greco-Roman philosophy and language.  Quinn takes concepts that are hard for us westerners to understand and puts them into an easy to read format by having the author have a conversation with a gorilla.  For those interested in understanding how we have stopped our evolutionary process through our anti-natural orientation, then this is a must read.  But, be-aware.  The book is libel to make you question the foundations of what Western Society leans upon.