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At the heart of modern scientific pantheism is reverence for Nature and the Universe. It offers a challenging alternative, beyond theism and atheism, with a joyful approach to our lives and a caring concern for all life on this earth. Pantheism is a 2,500 year-old belief system expressed by many famous thinkers and artists including Lao Tzu, Heraclitus, Spinoza, Wordsworth, Whitman, Emerson, Einstein and Carl Sagan.Today pantheism is seeing a revival as the underlying world view of many environmentalists, of leading scientists, of nature-revering pagans, and of non-theists looking for a more embracing perspective. This accessible and authoritative handbook is the only available introduction to the history, theory and practice of pantheism.Reviews from Amazon Probably the best book to recommend to someone who is no longer comfortable living with the intellectual compromises necessary to maintain a traditional "faith." This book is a gem, with useful contextual information and insights on every page. George FaulkneronMust read. Wonderful book for exploring a way to approach religion in a scientific world. Brady Walker This book is the perfect introduction to Pantheism. It's well written and to the point. Tells what Pantheism is and what it isn't, offers a history and gives basic practices. Fantastic! Tag JonesThis book is surely one of the most extraordinary books written in recent years about the subject of religion. Dr Bill BruehlHighly impressed with this book and author. He carefully explained the beliefs of Pantheists without being condescending or judgmental toward other belief systems. This is a book I will keep to refer back to in future. Dragon LadyKindle edition is also available on Amazon, viewable also by iPads etc.

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Dr Paul Harrison is the founder and president of the World Pantheist Movement and the creator of the Web's two largest sites on pantheism. He is a laureate of the UN Environment Programme's Global 500 award for his books on environment, population and development.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 3rd edition (September 9, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1490494936
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1490494937
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.26 x 9 inches

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I am an environmental writer editor and photographer, and the founder and president of the World Pantheist Movement.

I was born in Oldham, Lancashire, UK. After a gap year working with disadvantaged and handicapped children in Germany, I studied European languages and literature at Cambridge, spent a year at the University of Pisa on a Council of Europe scholarship, and did a Masters in political sociology at the London School of Economics. In 1968-9 I lectured on French language and literature at the University of Ife in Nigeria. Somewhat later in life, in 1995, I got my Ph. D. from Cambridge in Earth Sciences and Geography.

For most of my life, I have been a writer on environment and Third-World development. I specialized in writing and photography about poverty and environment in developing countries.

My best known books are Inside the Third World (1979) and The Third Revolution (1993) (on population and environment). I also wrote Inside the Inner City (1983) about inner city poverty in East London, and The Greening of Africa (1987) about sustainable development for Africa.

I have edited the flagship reports of UN agencies such as the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Population Fund and the UN Environment Programme, and traveled to many Third-World countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

In 1988 I received a UN Environment Programme Global 500 award for my writings on environment and in 1992 a Population Institute Global Media Award for my writings on population.

I was editor-in-chief for the Independent Commission on Population and Quality of Life's report Caring for the Future (1996). In 2001 I was the lead author of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Atlas of Population and Environment. Between 2004 and 2008 I edited the United Nations Environment Programme's annual report (formerly known as Geo Yearbook).

In July 1996 I posted the first page of what became the scientific pantheism site, and in 1997 I started the mailing list that grew into the World Pantheist Movement. My pocket handbook on pantheism, Elements of Pantheism, was published by Element Books in 1999.

I lived for most of my adult life in Hampstead, London, close to Hampstead Heath. Since 2002 I have lived in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains in California. I have two sons, Alex and Sam.

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if you love the world around you, this will give you something else to believe in. It helped me see there are other beliefs that don't worship religion.

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Interesting read

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I love biology and science, in general. I loved learning about the unity of life. We all have a common ancestor. I love the physical beauty of nature and I love animals. I embrace Pantheistic beliefs. However, the world is a toxic mess because of science. We have used science, especially chemistry, to create toxic chemicals that are greatly harming the earth. Also modern medicine is based on science and chemistry but modern medicine has caused the human population to explode the last 70 to 100 years thus creating over-population. We have over 7 billion people on this planet now; more than any other time in the history of humanity and science is responsible for this. Now we have all kinds of conservation efforts and looking for alternative sources of energy, etc. This is all good but it is not going to be effective or make much of a difference. The only way we can really save the planet and ourselves is for every country to create and enforce a 2-child policy rule (similar to the 1-child policy that China had). If a child dies, the parent or parents can always adopt. There will always be orphans or unfit parents so there will always be children who need foster care or adoption. Of course, twins, triplets or more are an exception to the rule. After this policy is implemented, then we need to drastically cut down on using plastic, styrofoam and the use of other non-biodegradable materials in order to clean up the environment. Every country also needs to have very strict laws and heavy fines and possible jail time for companies and top employees who are polluting the planet. Also, every country needs to develop very good recycling programs and develop strict laws and fines for individuals, companies, etc. who don't recycle. We need to greatly diminish the human population, over time, and be very strict and harsh about cleaning up the environment and keeping it clean. A worldwide 2-child policy will never happen and not all countries will ever create and enforce strict rules and laws regarding greatly reducing non-biodegradable materials and recycling. Drastic times calls for drastic measures but most people won't change. It's no longer about individual desires or independence. It's about making these changes in order to regard and respect future generations of people, animals, plants, etc. But there are too many people and governments who are just out for themselves in the present moment so things won't ever change the way they really need to change in order to save ourselves and the planet. Religion plays a big role in over-population because of the doctrines of "be fruitful and multiply" and "man shall have dominion over the earth." There is also the religious belief that the earth is meant to be destroyed so that Jesus can return and the Day of Judgment can happen. With all this said, modern medicine is, unintentionally, creating superbugs due to bacteria being able to evolve and resist antibiotics. Unfortunately, pathogens can evolve. This scenario will set up us for probable future pandemics where possibly millions if not billions of people could die. We are trying to control nature and we really can't. We can't have our cake and eat it too. I am not trying to be negative or angry but, instead, I am just trying to be realistic.

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Sharon W.

An important guide to Pantheism

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I've had an earlier edition of this book for many years and now have this 3rd edition and still find it a valuable resource. Pantheism is a path open to anyone, and this book gives a good history and description of it as well as how to incorporate it into our lives in this time and place. It's a book easily read and understood by even a non-scientific person like me, and full of good information. Paul Harrison is the go-to person about pantheism and has dedicated years of his life to it (including starting the World Pantheist Movement). There is a way to have a "spiritual" path that is beautiful, natural, and satisfying without relying on superstitions and supernatural stories and dogma, and for me, pantheism is that way.

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Gavin Hudson

Good read. Shaky book

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I learned a-lot and have a-lot to think about from this. But it was very unprofessional. I found a handful of misspellings and some pages with the words sideways.

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Short but consise book

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This is a short book that gives you a brief overview of of pantheism. It guides you through several interpretations and ideas with in the philosophy. I personally came to pantheism through reading the stoics and in part Spinoza, I wanted further clarification and a broader view of the belief . As this is a short book it will leave you probably wanting more and I suggest you read further into the philosophies mentioned...Stoicism, Hinduism, Taoism, Spinoza, Buddhism etc. All in all this is a good read but I would of liked a much more in depth book, but saying that it does offer other avenues for further reading.

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Eye-opening discourse of nature-centered spirituality

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The book carried itself well throughout my reading. There appeared to be some grammatical errors and misplaced words so an editor may need to go through and address these. Otherwise I agree with the author’s take on revering both the universe and nature in a rational, scientific, and naturalistic sense with the awe and profoundness of its size and beauty and respect for it power to create and destroy as the spiritual sense. Others may disagree with the natural spirituality written about, but no one can deny that nature can affect our senses, emotions, and lives in deep ways.

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Carolyn M. May

Excellent description and comparison of Pantheism to God belief religions.

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Confirmed my personal orientation to Science, Nature (my spirituality) and the Universe. I believe in naturalistic physicalist Pantheism. I believe we evolved from Universe and Nature. I enjoy and respect life and hopefully I am bettering the world while alive as a person, which will continue after gone and returned as part of Nature. I receive so much solitude and joy being with nature. Jerry May

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Very satisfied at that

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 18, 2018

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Presents the case for Pantheism and most of its components basically but very well. Can be used as a primer for further exploration, which is why I purchased the book. Very satisfied at that.

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IrishReader

Comprehensive Explanation of Pantheism

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Elements of Pantheism is a great wide reaching book. It shows how pantheism has some similar thinking as ancient beliefs like Buddhism to the more modern Humanism, it makes sense with our current environmental issues and explains how it can be a suitable logical alternative to supernatural belief (religion). It also, importantly, shows the difference between pantheism and paganism - an important one that badly educated atheists use an an argument against pantheism without understanding it. Glad I purchased this book :)

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Maria

A 'must read' if you want to know anything about Naturalistic or Scientific Pantheism

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 27, 2014

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Paul Harrison is the foremost authority on any and all Pantheist subjects, the 'father' of modern Pantheism. Calm, intelligent, well researched and thought out view of this 'life philosophy', without any exaggeration or melodrama. His strong common sense leaves you feeling he has voiced everything you've always known deep inside but were unable to clarify till now. This is LIFE!

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My religion

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Bought this copy to replace one lent to a friend and not returned. My kind of 'God'!

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Sembra una lettura veloce, a prima vista, ma è estremamente denso. Si passa dalle definizioni di base alla storia del concetto di panteismo fin dall'antichità, gli elementi panteistici in religioni come il buddismo zen e il taoismo, e personaggi chiave come Giordano Bruno, Toland, Spinoza, Hegel... poeti e scrittori come William Blake, Tennyson, Wilde e Whitman... fino a D.H.Lowrence e Einstein. Bellissima la parte sulle origini dell'universo, sul concetto panteista di "dio" e quella sullo sviluppo delle religioni dall'origine dell'uomo a oggi.
Unici lati negativi, a volte è un po' troppo verboso e l'impaginazione non è delle migliori. E' comunque un libro che consiglierei a chi vuole approfondire l'argomento e a chi sta cercando un'alternativa alle religioni convenzionali e anche al pantano moralista della new age.

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