Category: Issue 87

Archives 87 – Summer Issue 2014

Editors' Note MapFROM THE EDITORS

It is too easy to forget the importance of nature to our spiritual nourishment, to forget our commitment to serve all living things—not just other human beings. However, as this issue of SUFI attests, there are remarkable people whose connection to nature translates to active engagement, who seek to adapt to nature’s creative ebb and flow, and for whom service to all of creation is at the heart of spiritual practice.

Sufi Summer Issue #87 Editors’ Note

 

HIGHLIGHTS – SUMMER 2014 – ENVIRONMENT

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DISCOURSE

CLIMATE CHANGE
by Alireza Nurbakhsh

Discourse-monk with dogs

 

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

SEEKING THE KOGI
by Maria Gutierrez with Sholeh Johnston Kogi

SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY The New Revolution in Consciousness
by Les Sponsel

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY Photo Essay: Shaking Hands with Nature
introduction by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE IS FREE
by Wendy Jehanara Tremayne

IN PRAISE OF SABI: A LETTER FROM EARTH
by Dani Kopoulos Sabi[/one_third] [one_third]
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INTERVIEW
SATISH KUMAR’S New Ecological Paradigm
interviewed by Llewellyn Smith and Annie Stopford Wetlands Musings

 

CULTUREWATCH

PLANETARY Towards a Cosmic World View: an interview with Planetary Collective
interviewed by Sholeh Johnston SpaceStationNASA

 

BOOK REVIEWS

SILENT SPRING
Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
by Rachel Carson
Review by Peter Valentyne
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THE ANIMALS’ LAWSUIT AGAINST HUMANITY
review by Terry Graham

DREAMING A NEW EARTH
review by Terry Graham
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POETRY

THE BROKEN-WINGED BIRD
by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

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by Roger Loff

ECOLOGY
by Jeni Couzyn

A PERFECT DAY
by Chris Hoffman APerfectDay

THE MACHINE ENDANGERS ALL WE HAVE MADE
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows

WHEN GOD WAKES UP INSIDE YOU
by Michael Sowder

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FEATURED POET
MICHAEL SOWDER

FEATURED ARTIST
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
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Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy_RedLeavesPhoto Essay: Shaking Hands with Nature
– Introduction by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Andy Goldsworthy makes sense-luscious sculptures entirely out of things he finds in nature—

Perspectives on Climate Change

87Discourse-3MonkwithdogsDiscourse by Alireza Nurbakhsh

Without wishing to make a claim as to what is possible in the realm of science and technology or in the context of the global community of nation states,

Soil, Soul, Society

87Interview-Kumar-rgbSatish Kumar’s New Ecological Paradigm
Interviewed by Llewellyn Smith and Annie Stopford

This question that takes us back to the spiritual—you were influenced powerfully by the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Seeking The Kogi

87Kogi-Meditationby Maria Gutierrez with Sholeh Johnston

The inner and outer knowledge that the Kogi have held on to from their Tairona ancestors has helped them to keep their culture alive and isolated.

Spiritual Ecology

Ta Prohm temple with giant banyan tree at Angkor Wat complex SieThe New Revolution in Consciousness
by Les Sponsel

Some environmentalists have been accused of being alarmists for their predictions of global catastrophe,

In Praise of SABI

A87Sabi-AirplaneCabin Letter from Earth
by Dani Kopoulos
the japanese say a poem can only be perfect if it reflects “sabi,” the pathos inherent in nature.