[pct-l] pantheism and hiking

[smashnationalism at yahoo.com (Shawn Loga)]

hiking is a religious experiance, for sure.  I am a
staunch athiest, but when i am out among the trees and
rivers, i know that the 'higher being' people talk
about is Mother Earth.  and you hit the nail on the
head with your hypothesis about muir, thoreau,
emerson.  we could even throw Edward Abbey in there. 
Maybe mister George Bush should take a look into this
'religion'...

Shawn

--- alec <amr10009@yahoo.com> wrote:

> hiking as religion?  it surely is for me. and dare i
> say it was for muir, thoreau, emmerson, et all.
>  
> "everything you see has its roots in the unseen
> world.  the forms may change, yet the essence
> remains the same.  every wonderful sight will
> vanish; every sweet word will fade.  but do not be
> disheartened. the source they come from is eternal,
> growing, branching out, giving new life and new joy.
>  why do you weep?  the source is within you and this
> whole world is springing up from it."
>  
> -jelauddin rumi
> 
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