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| العنوان: |
Soul-Life: Richard Jefferies’ Mystical Vision of Nature |
| المؤلفون: |
Jason James Kelly |
| المصدر: |
Religions, Vol 15, Iss 8, p 910 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: |
MDPI AG, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: |
2024 |
| المجموعة: |
LCC:Religions. Mythology. Rationalism |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Richard Jefferies, nature mysticism, ecology, soul-life, wonder, anthropocentric, Religions. Mythology. Rationalism, BL1-2790 |
| الوصف: |
This paper examines Richard Jefferies’ contribution to the study of nature mysticism. I argue that the study of nature mysticism can be utilized as a valuable source of insight to cultivate a more ecocentric response to the ecological crisis. Historically, the study of mysticism in the West has been shaped by a monotheistic bias that tends to marginalize the teachings of nature mystics. I seek to redress this lacuna in the field by calling attention to the understudied teachings of the English mystic and author, Richard Jefferies. I claim that Jefferies’ spiritual autobiography, The Story of My Heart ([1883] 2014) presents a compelling vision of nature mysticism that challenges the reader to reflect critically on conventional understandings of God, body, and time/being. Most significantly, I argue that Jefferies’ concept of “soul-life” can be interpreted as an ontological category characterized by an intellectual and moral sensitivity towards the wonders of nature. Jefferies believed that the cultivation of soul-life is transformative and key to unlocking the full potential of our relationship to the earth and each other. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article |
| وصف الملف: |
electronic resource |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
2077-1444 |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/8/910; https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1444 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/rel15080910 |
| URL الوصول: |
https://doaj.org/article/6ceed9f4250543d18a4882c092c238d6 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsdoj.6ceed9f4250543d18a4882c092c238d6 |
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