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Hekate

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16. More than one Sci Fi author has addressed this, as have scientists in the Gaia Hypothesis...

Sun Dec 10, 2017, 04:51 PM

Dec 2017

Off the top of my head (my entire library is left behind in our evacuated house) all I can recall is "Earth" by David Brin, and you'll have to look up the Gaia Hypothesis because I can't remember if that's the name of a book or if it was just incorporated into books and articles.

Think of the interconnected synapses of your brain and body, and imagine the interconnectedness of all beings. Life appears in niches I never could have imagined: next to boiling hot vents in the abyssal depths, in bubbles in the underside of ice in the Antarctic... Astonishing.

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The earth hums and sings, just as the poets always knew. [View all] suffragette Dec 2017 OP

Thank you for that! sailfla Dec 2017 #1

Youre welcome! Quite the reminder that if we are still and listen, we will hear wonders. suffragette Dec 2017 #3

Lovely malaise Dec 2017 #2

Hi sis! A reminder of the beauty of the universe in which we live. Thought of Prometheus suffragette Dec 2017 #4

Religious hypocrisy has this planet in a total and complete mess malaise Dec 2017 #6

It sure does. We seem to be in the two steps backward part of the cycle now. suffragette Dec 2017 #9

In the meantime matt819 Dec 2017 #5

Yeah, thats no fun. Had a crackling sound in my ears suffragette Dec 2017 #13

Of course, Everyone knew that packman Dec 2017 #7

Now Ill be humming that all day. suffragette Dec 2017 #17

So does my drier Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #8

Well, get crackin' -- it ain't gonna write itself. sl8 Dec 2017 #10

It should join with my washer. Create quite the band! suffragette Dec 2017 #18

How absolutely wonderful. The Earth is a living being, is she not? Hekate Dec 2017 #11

Life Piasladic Dec 2017 #12

More than one Sci Fi author has addressed this, as have scientists in the Gaia Hypothesis... Hekate Dec 2017 #16

I always loved the wind and still do, but in Southern California Hortensis Dec 2017 #21

Raymond Chandler's description has always struck me ... Hekate Dec 2017 #27

I think that's the effect he wanted, disturbing like the winds, Hortensis Dec 2017 #30

Nice thought that my books may be missing me, too. I finally got one book-wall completed... Hekate Dec 2017 #31

Speaking of the earth, just read about the fires overnight. Hortensis Dec 2017 #37

David Brin's Piasladic Dec 2017 #38

Yes, she is. Frida Kahlo imagined that beautifully. suffragette Dec 2017 #14

I don't know about Aeolian modulations but she farted in my general direction once. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #15

Solly, my dear, I adore you! suffragette Dec 2017 #19

and I you! Solly Mack Dec 2017 #20

Must be the British breakfast of bangers and beans on toast. suffragette Dec 2017 #23

That would do it. Solly Mack Dec 2017 #24

I live next to the ocean and I taught my grandson tavernier Dec 2017 #22

Im with you and your grandson. suffragette Dec 2017 #25

Gave me goose bumps. tavernier Dec 2017 #28

Youre welcome. One of my favorites. suffragette Dec 2017 #34

Oh, Sufragette. Thank you for the poetry. Hekate Dec 2017 #29

Glad to share, Hekate. On another note, thinking of SoCal and the forest made me remember suffragette Dec 2017 #33

ROFL. This eve we watched a very fat squirrel (avocados) tease the dogs Hekate Dec 2017 #35

They do enjoy teasing, dont they? Bet it had a shiny fur coat from eating the avocados. Used suffragette Dec 2017 #36

Hmmmm? Achilleaze Dec 2017 #26

Now, In harmony suffragette Dec 2017 #32