Nature & Supernature— Harmony & Mastery: Irony and Evolution in Contemporary Nature Religion
Issue: Vol 13 No. 8 (2011) Issue Number 8, May 1999
Journal: Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
Nature religion devotees … seek harmony with nature through preservation of the natural world, but they simultaneously attempt to bend nature to their will, whether through physical, mental, or magical technique. Albanese shows how the mastery impulse
supports repressive ideologies, spotlighting how notions of “natural law” and “rights” deployed nature as a religious symbol serving racist nationalism and ... manifest destiny.
Author: Bron Taylor