Scrypt: The Fruitful Darkness

The human power trip began when the first sown seeds sprouted into successful farms. Ever since then, civilizations (especially Western ones) have fought tooth and nail to suppress nature’s might, initially for the greater good of humans. Those were some of the founding moments of the Anthropocene.

Now, we’re living in a perverse form of that mentality, and it’s left modern individuals devoid of natural appreciation. Nature’s splendors are categorized as props, price tags, or pests, and are dealt with minimal long-term regard. Our disconnection with the lands and the species within them has left modern humanity suffering not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well.

Anthropologist, ecologist and Buddhist Joan Halifax identified developed society’s spiritual emptiness, and fled the States to traverse the globe. Her book The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth (1994) weaves a looming reflection of what nature and those in tune with nature have taught her about relationships between humans, their environments, and one’s self.

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September 15, 2014 | Categories: books, conservation, dark green revolution, environmentalism | Tags: book, books, Buddhism, Buddhists, deep ecology, Dineh, eco-goth, ecology, Environment, environmentalism, flora goth, Joan Halifax, Lakota, literature, Native Americans, reading, Scrypt, spiritualism, The Fruitful Darkness, Tibet, Tibetian | Leave a comment