something for the sharper arbor!

[skyhuck]

Nice comment.

 

Yes we can always rely on Tim to bring a little chink of sunlight into our lives

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Yes we can always rely on Tim to bring a little chink of sunlight into our lives

 

Not everyone is going to appreciate alans ideas, i guess i had those kind of comments coming!

 

At the end of the day, I find it most interesting, an alternative view and no one else has, to my knowlegde come up with as good an alternative to it as this.

 

man needs an alternative view of our world, to alter his field of view.

 

we cant continue living the insular, consumerist life, theres far too many of us!

 

alans theory is in its early days, but it does offer an oportunity to see things another way, and live in a way that enhances our nieghbourhood, rather than live in constant battle with it.

[Darren]

Hamadryad, I guess from your username and what you are saying that you are animist?

And that you are connecting to the spirit of place (genius loci)?

[skyhuck]

man needs an alternative view of our world, to alter his field of view.

 

we cant continue living the insular, consumerist life, theres far too many of us!

 

alans theory is in its early days, but it does offer an oportunity to see things another way, and live in a way that enhances our nieghbourhood, rather than live in constant battle with it.

 

I hear you, I really do

 

I now that Darwin's theory can have the affect of allowing people to act as they wish and justify there actions as "survival of the fittest".

 

The problem is any new theory has to be scientifically sound.

 

We used to have Religion which gave us moral guidance and the threat of consequences for wrong doing. Unfortunately we now all know its a load of mumbojumb.

 

I like to think that we have surpassed the results of evolution, we have Art, romance, music, selfless acts, poetry,(I could go on) these are not needed for us to survive, they are a sort of by product of evolution and are our greatest asset.

 

Once we became self aware we were able break out of the constrains of the forces that produced our physical and mental form.

 

I have no idea how we get the whole of mankind to rise up to our true potential and stop living in the narrow self centered way that was once needed for us and ours to survive.

 

I guess we can only follow the words of the song and "start with the man in the mirror".

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hamadryad, I guess from your username and what you are saying that you are animist?

And that you are connecting to the spirit of place (genius loci)?

 

 

Interesting!

 

but can you elaborate?

 

me dumb

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

anamistic World view

In many animistic world views found in hunter-gatherer cultures, the human being is often regarded as on a roughly equal footing with other animals, plants, and natural forces.[12][page needed] Therefore, it is morally imperative to treat these agents with respect. In this world view, humans are considered a part of nature, rather than superior to, or separate from it. In such societies, ritual is considered essential for survival, as it wins the favor of the spirits of one's source of food, shelter, and fertility and wards off malevolent spirits. In more elaborate animistic religions, such as Shinto, there is a greater sense of a special character to humans that sets them apart from the general run of animals and objects, while retaining the necessity of ritual to ensure good luck, favorable harvests, and so on.

 

mmm yep sounds like something along thise lines

[Knapp]

I wonder what evolutionary advantage there is in the forum clock still on British summer time. I am at a loss when to eat my jam butties.

[Darren]

Interesting!

 

but can you elaborate?

 

me dumb

 

Ok here are links to the basics Animism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spirit of place - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Out of interest why did you use the name 'hamadryad'?

[Knapp]

That's odd, the clocks right now, it must have been them butties I ate early that's alterred the time paradigm.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ok here are links to the basics Animism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spirit of place - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Out of interest why did you use the name 'hamadryad'?

 

Hamadryads (Ἁμαδρυάδες) are Greek mythological beings that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. Hamadryads are born bonded to a specific tree. Some believe that hamadryads are the actual tree, while normal dryads are simply the entity, or spirit, of the tree. If the tree died, the hamadryad associated with it died as well. For that reason, dryads and the gods punished any mortals who harmed trees. The Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus lists eight Hamadryads, the daughters of Oxylus and Hamadryas:

 

Karya (Walnut or Hazelnut)

Balanos (Oak)

Kraneia (Dogwood)

Morea (Mulberry)

Aigeiros (Black Poplar)

Ptelea (Elm)

Ampelos (Vines, especially Vitis)

Syke (Fig)