Episode 60 - Stephan Harding - A kingdom beyond Measurement
“So lets call it a Gaian consciousness. It’s gradually taking root inside people, people are waking-up to it more and more. But it’s slow. Waking up is far slower than the rate of destruction. And what we need now is the rate of waking-up to overtake the rate of destruction. And the waking-up has got to happen on a massive scale. But I don’t know how that is going to happen. The positive side is that cultural revolutions can happen very quickly. Revolutions in consciousness can happen very quickly. This one has got to happen quicker than any other, and happen fast and on a global scale. And it has got to transcend national boundaries, political boundaries, all the sorts of boundaries that we humans have erected between ourselves, gender boundaries, all those boundaries they have got to fall down. And we all have to unify to protect our very own planet, for her own sake and our sake and the sake of all beings. Is that going to happen?”
Dr Stephan Harding is a Holistic Scientist, Deep Ecologist and co-founder of the legendary Schumacher College. Stephan’s work intersects scientific ecology, with gaia theory, psyche and soul. Author of two books, Animate Earth and new publication, Gaia Alchemy, Stephan has worked and taught alongside leading ecological thinkers, feelers and activists. And has worked closely with scientist James Lovelock, a mentor, who coined the Gaia theory hypothesis.
Join Dan and Stephan discuss:
- Who is Gaia and what’s her history?
- James Lovelock an independent scientist and great mentor
- From the scientific study of the Muntjac Deer to the deep connection of the wholeness of nature
- We are not just thinkers. We’re equally, feelers, sensors and intuitors
- We’re inherently animistic with a spiritual connection to nature. And we can still value science
- A cultural revolution needs to happen quicker than any other, for the sake of all beings
- Gaia Alchemy. Why put alchemy with science?
- Healing a crisis of meaning and the Azoth of Philosophy
- Valuing the psyche over the ego. Do we invent ideas or do we receive them?
- Find your Gaia place
- We have two bodies. One, a human body which lives inside the wider body of the Earth, Gaia.
Community and Links
Dr Stephan Harding:
Schumacher College - https://campus.dartington.org/schumacher-college/
Azoth Star Image: https://www.alchemylab.com/azoth.htm
Gaia Alchemy: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Gaia-Alchemy/Stephan-Harding/9781591434252
People:
Joanna Macy : https://www.joannamacy.net/main
James Lovelock : http://www.jameslovelock.org
Arne Naess
Henri Bortoft
Peter and Alice Oswald
David Abram
Brian Goodwin
Carl Jung
Chris Johnson
Chris Salisbury
Satish Kumar
Andy Letcher
Books and Apps:
Deep Time Walk App: https://www.deeptimewalk.org
Gaia Alchemy : https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Gaia-Alchemy/Stephan-Harding/9781591434252
Animate Earth : https://www.nhbs.com/animate-earth-book
A Life on Our Planet : https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120472/a-life-on-our-planet/9781529108279.html
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