1 Devon Adair in "First Contact" from program
descriptions by "Ariadne" available at
http://www.best.com/~ftmexpat/e2/a-e2.html
The idea that connection to "nature" is necessary to human health is popular
among people in the ecopsychology movement. They look to sociobiology for
scientific legitimacy and inspiration:
According to Pulitzer-Prize winning
sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D., of
Harvard, people have an inherent biological need to be in contact with the
out-of-doors. He calls it "biophilia", and believes that nature may hold the
key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.
Our childhood love of animals and natural myths and fairy tales may be early
evidence of our basic affinity for nature and its instructive and healing
properties.
(From: gbraakma@knoware.nl (Gert
Braakman) in
an email message announcing the World Wide Web site: Project NatureConnect
http://www.pacificrim.net/~nature/)
2 From the Universal Studios Earth 2 web page:
http://www.mca.com/tv/earth2/e2ibc/e2creatures.html (now closed)
3 "The Dreaming or Dreamtime, has become a handy phrase
used to describe what is in fact a sophisticated and interconnected mosaic
of knowledge, beliefs and practices concerning the creativity of Ancestral
Beings, and the continuity and values of Aboriginal life. At contact, this
rich cosmology provided the means by which every individual was bound,
from before birth to after death, into an intimate, personal
identification with the land and specific sites within it. This was not
only an economic and social relationship, but also a deeply spiritual
bond. Vibrant ceremonial and religious life of the Northern Territory
people generated a spectacular array of art forms, including body painting
and personal ornamentation, ground sculpture, bark painting, wood carving
and rock painting and engraving."
--Ken.Saunders@webnet.com.au
Koori Home Page Linkname: Australian Indiginous
Population.
Filename: http://webnet.com.au/koori/homekori.html