“What do you see? What do you see when you look up at the sky at night, at the blazing stars against the midnight heavens? What do you see when the dawn breaks over the eastern horizon? What are your thoughts in the fading days of summer as the birds depart on their southward journey, or in the autumn when the leaves turn brown and are blown away? What are your thoughts as you look out over the ocean in the evening? What do you see? "Many earlier peoples saw in these natural phenomena a world … Continue reading
The Great Teaching Work of Thomas Berry
"Throughout his life and writings Thomas Berry was involved in a great work of teaching, one aspect of which was his well-known book, Great Work: Our Way into the Future. "We need new means of cultivating ourselves if we are to live differently on the earth. Developing and telling the new story is one component of establishing such cultivation. But the grand sweep of the longed-for cultivation is found only in cosmology. The universe contains a mystery of presence. Cosmology presents this … Continue reading
Thomas Berry Video Interview: The Great Story
"In his major works The Dream of the Earth, The Universe Story, and The Great Work, cultural historian Thomas Berry (d.2009) describes how Western religion and culture have created an estranged, unsustainable relationship between humans and the Earth. This dysfunctional relationship is reflected by our economic model of limitless growth and in the technological “wonderworld” created and sustained by our electronic media and corporate advertising. "To heal this condition, which he described as a … Continue reading
Drew Dellinger: The Power of Story
Drew Dellinger, founder of Poets for Global Justice, studied cosmology and ecological thought with Thomas Berry who coined the term New Story. Filmed at Findhorn's New Story Summit, Drew shares his understanding of the power of story as it relates to social justice, ecology, cosmology, education and activism. The new story is our new understanding of the universe and the unfolding of the planet Earth. Our new story is an amazing opportunity for the Western tradition to reconnect to the sense of … Watch video
The New Universe Story
A delightfully creative, narrated depiction of the The New Origin Story by water colourist, Mary Coelho. In her artwork and writings, Mary pays tribute to Thomas Berry's vision for the flourishing of the Earth Community. Mary Conrow Coelho is the author of Awakening Universe, Emerging Personhood. The Power of Contemplation in a Evolving Universe (Wyndham Hall Press, 2001). She began her "New Universe Story Watercolors" in 1992. Watch video
Bigger Than Science, Bigger Than Religion
"We’re closer to environmental disaster than ever before. We need a new story for our relationship with the Earth, one that goes beyond science and religion. "We need a powerful new story that we are a part of nature and not separate from it. We need a story that properly situates humans in the world — neither above it by virtue of our superior intellect, nor dwarfed by the universe into cosmic insignificance. We are equal partners with all that exists, co-creators with trees and galaxies and … Continue reading