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Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD
Do animals tell stories?
Other animals, that is. Of course we humans are compulsive storytellers. We tell stories to entertain ourselves, to explain the world, to heal each other. Sometimes we call the storytelling ritual “therapy.” But because storytelling requires language, and because until … Continue reading
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Tagged animal communication, animals, animism, attitudes toward animals
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Scenes from a writing weekend
Over the weekend I had the good fortune to attend a women’s writing and meditation retreat. I can’t think of anything I would rather have been doing in the first days of the new year than listening to poetry, writing, … Continue reading
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Tagged meditation, writing
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On the blue—and green—religion of Avatar
Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. The movie pits good against evil in a tired old storyline that has less subtlety than a spaghetti western. The postcolonial spin on the tale is that here the indigenous people … Continue reading
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Tagged animism, dark green religion, nature religion, pantheism
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Where I come from, they know how to sing
If I had a near-death experience, I bet it would sound like this: These are students at Goshen College, my alma mater, a private college of about a thousand in northern Indiana.
Teaching about climate change
With the eyes of the world on Copenhagen this week, it’s a good time to spotlight resources for teaching about climate change. I mean educating in the broadest sense—spreading the word about climate change and what to do about it, … Continue reading