Nature worship: across India you’ll find little shrines under trees and every district has a sacred hill and a sacred grove. So Tagore is right in that there’s lingering memory of harmony with the non-human world. However, that memory hasn’t stopped us from cutting down forests, polluting our rivers and driving out wildlife. Nietzsche famously said “God is dead!” but that slogan needs to be updated for our planetary age: “Nature is dead!”
The Soul of the Earth
The Soul of the Earth
The Soul of the Earth
Nature worship: across India you’ll find little shrines under trees and every district has a sacred hill and a sacred grove. So Tagore is right in that there’s lingering memory of harmony with the non-human world. However, that memory hasn’t stopped us from cutting down forests, polluting our rivers and driving out wildlife. Nietzsche famously said “God is dead!” but that slogan needs to be updated for our planetary age: “Nature is dead!”