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Why the New Archaic?

I use these two words of seemingly mutual contradiction to signify a complex reality, that now we are in not just a “postmodern” era but a post-cultural era, and so the “new” that was once human culture is old and worn, and the archaic that is elemental nature is newly necessary and newly beautiful. Further, I think the challenge for this time of great change is to make a new human culture that incorporates consciously and wholeheartedly the archaic and elemental into the sanctuaries of our lives.

critical thinking, human-animal relations, anthrozoology, animal studiesAnne BenvenutiJuly 7, 2013new archaic, whales, post-cultural era, elemental nature, love of nature, Irenaeus, animal family, ecospiritualityComment