Status Updates From The Biophilia Hypothesis (S...

"Understanding the symbolization of animals as part of the biophilia hypothesis, which involves the synthesis of alternative modes of thought with science, can play a vital role in contributing to the establishment of more harmonious relationships with all life on earth" 336).

It is taking a while to complete this book because I keep rereading, investigating and looking up words. This will be a resource I use in the future and recommend to others.

"Over the past 500 years we have concentrated on promoting Western secular and religious education in Native American Communities and have almost completely ignored what they could teach us. As a result we have lost the opportunity for a balanced exchange and coalescence of our two great intellectual traditions" (209). This is of course not isolated to the Native American cultures. I

"Many of the fears and pleasures associated with nature may seem, at first glance, to be unworthy of scientific investigation because they are so common place. Upon reflection, however, it is even more curious that the real hazards of modern life - guns, bombs, drugs, polluted water- do not generate nightmares or intense fears as frequently as do hazards from our evolutionary past (snakes, predators, darkness)."