Temenos Academy - Extended Lecture Archive S1E5 - Nature, House of the Soul by Kathleen Raine - First Temenos Academy
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Jan 27, 2021 
Renowned poet and scholar Kathleen Raine explores the spiritual dimensions of nature in her illuminating lecture. She argues that we must unlearn conventional views to rediscover a child's innate perception of nature. Raine contrasts the sacred essence of nature with the limitations of modern science, emphasizing humanity's deep-rooted connection to the world. She highlights imagination as a vital force that reveals nature’s meanings and advocates for poetry to reclaim nature's living language.
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Limits Of Quantitative Science
- Raine critiques modern quantitative science for devaluing the marvels it studies by excluding sacred meaning.
- She argues scientific description is partial and cannot replace experience of nature's immeasurable values.
Return To Primordial Perception
- Try to remember and return to the primordial, pre-separation way of knowing nature as inner and outer united.
- Seek childhood perceptions to recover direct, unanalysed experience of the natural world.
Childhood Memory Of Pink Flowers
- Kathleen Raine recalls a first memory of looking up into a bush of pink flowers with total, precise perception.
- She uses this childhood vision to illustrate immediate, unlearned recognition of nature.
