“We are not here to control the world. We are here to connect with the greater earthly community.” Thomas Berry In the mid-1990s, when I began to realize that we were in a time of great civilizational crisis and transformation—a time of searching for a new story—I asked myself how we could more deeply integrate our lives, our culture, and our spirituality…
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Jiří Zemánek: The Imagination of the Earth as a Body
This text was originally written for the anthology Živel ZEMĚ (Agentura Koniklec, Prague 2004, pp. 222-227); however, it was first published in the magazine Ateliér (21 / 24.10. 2002, p. 16) and subsequently published in a German translation under the title “Die Erde als Körper” in the German magazine Hagia Chora (5 Jahrgang / 15 / 2003, pp. 82-85). “Her heart beats in the highest heaven,…
Jiří Zemánek: On the art of pilgrimage or knowing how to get lost and On walking
On the art of pilgrimage or knowing how to get lost Pilgrimage means embracing the land, nature and letting it embrace you – with all your senses! As a pilgrim, I simply cannot avoid it, escape from it into another reality, or intellectually deceive it in any way. On the contrary, it is necessary to be extremely attentive and at the same time humble, because the reality of the land that surrounds and carries me…
Jiří Zemánek: We need a real "rebellion for life"
Speech at the Extinction Rebellion event in Prague on October 12: “We are not here to run the world, we are here to become an integral part of the greater earthly community.” Thomas Berry I join the pro-life rebellion. The American philosopher Christopher Bache characterized our current situation in the following words: “There seems to be a certain maturation taking place today; a kind of massive subterranean awakening. … It’s getting hot,…