EarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution Kindle Edition

In Earthdance, Elisabet Sahtouris has drawn together some of the best thinking about Earth as a living organism and presented it in terms that both inform the newcomer and add to the knowledge of the experienced student of evolution. Challenging the popular Darwinian concepts of how evolution takes place, Sahtouris leads her reader to understand how limited and dangerous Darwin's ideas can be in the wrong hands and minds. The "survivial of the fittest" mentality, she reminds us, can lead to deliberate acts of violence by one people against another in the name of "fitness." In Sahtouris' understanding of the evolutionary process, life takes on a new dimension, based in a reverence for all life. Spirituality is now a given, though "religion" takes its lumps. Traditional religious forms are seen as extensions of Darwinism, again propogating survival of one idea over another rather than the inclusion of all people in a search for the deeper spiritual meaning of how cration comes together out of the spiritual consciousness of all beings. Sahtouris points toward the Vedic religions as a way to understand the nature of our world as a living organism. The Buddhist concepts of the movement of life from one dimension of life to another fits beautifully within the "dance." She points to the view of Earth from space as a key element in the understanding of the unity of all life and being. Her book is another vital look from our space as a way to see the holiness of all life.

The best way I can imagine to understand the intelligence of nature as shelter while we learn to see these fearsome crises we face as the once-in-a-species-time opportunity they are…

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A little word-heavy, but I enjoy it. Not for the casual reader.

I'm really learning new information from her easy to understand writing.

100% satisfied

Elisabet draws beautiful pictures in your mind that make this deep subject graspable.

This is an amazing book covering the evolution of the Earth all the way from bacteria to us.It provides a really refreshing perspective and puts our role in nature in a very different context.I haven't quite finished it yet but already it has altered my way of thinking about life and our relationship with nature and the Earth.Really worthwhile.

Absolutely wonderful book, easy read, good understanding of life. Such a good writer. Good for educating our young.

Elisabet Sahtouris beschreibt wissenschaftlich fundiert die Entwicklung der Welt und öffnet dabei den Blick auf überraschende Zusammenhänge und Gemeinsamkeiten lebender Systeme. Mit einfacher klarer Sprache erklärt sie, wie Leben funktioniert und welche gravierenden Fehler wir als Spezies Mensch im Umgang mit den uns umgebenden Rahmenbedingungen begehen. Ein gelungenes Plädoyer für Nachhaltigkeit. Verständlich, inspirierend, lesenswert!