Ecospirituality

Although the cosmology of the modern era in Western society tended to either relegate spirituality to humans alone or to disassociate spirituality from the phenomenal world, the relatively recent advent of the new cosmology articulated by such authors as Thomas Berry and Sallie McFague has argued that the universe has had a psychic-spiritual dimension from its beginning 13.7 billion years ago, not just a physical-material manifestation. Adopting this new epic of evolution transforms our understanding of spirituality. Providing an Earth-centred understanding of ourselves and spirituality, it reintegrates the human into a sacred universe and redefines our understanding of human and ecosystem health. Dennis O'Hara