One must seek, then, what only the solitary approach can give – a natural revelation. It may not be a message from the god he set out to seek, but even if he has failed in that particular, he will have had a vision or seen a marvel, and these are always worth listening to and thinking about. If he is of the proper sort, he will return with a message. : It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live for a time in the wilderness. Are you comfortable with a non-religious spirituality? How would you describe your own spirituality? Can you discern any spiritual disciplines that might help you become a better listener? But the serious part of prayer begins when we have got our begging over with and listen for the Voice of what I would call the Holy Spirit, though if others prefer to say the Voice of Oz or the Dreamer or Conscience, I shan’t quarrel, so long as they don’t call it the Voice of the Super-Ego, that that “entity” can only tell us what we know already, whereas the Voice I am talking about always says something new and unpredictable – an unexpected demand, obedience to which involves a change of self, however painful.Īuden points in the direction of a spirituality without religion. We cannot help asking that our wishes may be granted, though all to many of them are like wishing that two and two may make five, and cannot and should not be granted. The petitionary aspect of prayer is its most trivial because it is involuntary. More importantly, he reveals himself as a man well trained in the habit of prayer, by which I mean the habit of listening. Auden provides us with an important insight into the character of Loren Eiseley and his unique spirituality: The Spirit of Loren Eiseley is in tune with the vision of Ray Bradbury and the United Church of Christ. We might note here that Ray Bradbury was a member of the United Church of Christ whose work is certainly a testimony to the God Is Still Speaking Initiative in our denomination. In the Editor’s Preface Kenneth Heuer notes that one of Eiesley’s fans was Ray Bradbury the science fiction writer whose work has survived his death and has been enlarged upon by others. Perhaps a clue to the importance of this book is that both the Editor’s Preface and the Introduction by W.H. I think had he been writing after that change in our culture, given his appreciation of evolution, he would have used non-sexist language, but no attempt in this study guide has been made to re-write his work. The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley Posted: Novem| Author: hurstrobert9402 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a commentĪ note: Loren Eiseley was writing before we had developed a consciousness about sexist language.
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