From KingFsher@aol.com Tue Dec 17 02:39:59 1996 Received: from mx3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA52166; Tue, 17 Dec 96 02:39:59 -0800 Received: from emout02.mail.aol.com (emout02.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.93]) by mx3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with SMTP id CAA26786 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 02:39:57 -0800 From: KingFsher@aol.com Received: by emout02.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id FAA13325 for consbio@u.washington.edu; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 05:39:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 05:39:56 -0500 Message-Id: <961217053956_1425100482@emout02.mail.aol.com> To: consbio@u.washington.edu Subject: New Book: Essays on Ecological Spirituality New Book: Essays on Ecological Spirituality Dear Colleagues: I have recently published a book entitled "Deeper Ecology: Essays on Ecological Spirituality," which outlines and discusses a protocol for the preservation and restoration of global ecology, wildlife populations, and ecosystems based on the degradation due to human exploitation. This book also delves into the "connectedness" aspect of humans to the natural world, with my own personal reflections on our role in the scheme of the finer workings of the world's flora and fauna. The Journal of Mammalogy and The Canadian Field Naturalist, as well as a dozen other publications, are planning to review this book in the near future. I invite you to read excerpts from the text; at the following website: http://home.aol.com/deepereco Ordering instructions for the book are shown there as well. Special Notice: The cost of this text has been reduced to only $6.95 per copy! Also, additional text from the book has been added to the site as of 12/4/96. Here is a sample of text from the website (If you cannot access this webpage, please e-mail me for the information): "The universe is in a constant state of entropy; that is, all matter is trying to break into a simpler form, and life strives to alter this course by building and creating an environment of sustainable use. As someone once told me: Going against nature is a part of nature too. I think that this is why I prefer simpler living, because it is quite frankly an easier mode of existence, in such a world of molecular diffusion. For this thought I introduce, finally, my concept of Deeper Ecology, which to my thinking is a synthesis of what the Native American Indians and Buddhists and Taoists were trying to accomplish. With these three disciplines I shed a light of science and biology into the grand scheme of cosmic, inter-related metaphysics which seem to dominate the Homo sapien struggle to at once master the planet and attain a sense of humility through the process. Deeper Ecology is a realization that we are composed of the same elements that exist in nature, and thus we are no more important than all living and non-living material around us. Some suggest that I am giving up the cause of environmental restoration, and perhaps denying my species of it's grandeur (Which for some odd reason individuals insist on promoting). All I am trying to do is propose a level of consciousness which surpasses most modern belief systems, and which I believe can lead to a richer and more fulfilling span of life on Spaceship Earth, before each and every one of our physical bodies returns to the soil. To me this is reality in it's truest form. This is the skeleton of every argument posed by every critical thinker that has ever been, and that will set foot upon this realm. Humans have only been on the biosphere for a fraction of it's entirety, and we must keep this in mind when trying to establish notions of mastery and dominance over an entity which gave birth to us to begin with and will persist long after we have wasted much valuable time, attempting to reverse it’s inherent processes of homeostasis." Thank you very much, David Doyle Wildlife Ecologist KingFsher@aol.com P.S. My apologies for any cross-postings and/or duplications of this message. .