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When one thinks of academics who research Paganism with honour, knowledge and respect, up pops Prof. Ron Hutton. One of my other ‘favourite’ academics is Graham Harvey, but I’ve never until now thought to look out his Internet presence.

http://grahamharvey.org/ is an excellent site that I’ve been spending far too much time drifting through this morning when I should have been doing other things (but it’s too, too hot!)

I really like his comment (I’ll let you find it yourself) where he says ‘But what if “nature” doesn’t exist? What if it is an illusion produced by European dualistic attempts to divorce “culture” (what humans do) from the rest of the world?’ We tend to use the word ‘nature’ to mean everything else that’s not ‘us’, and I think he’s put his finger right on the spot by suggesting the word is almost irrelevant to Pagans, at least animist Pagans. There is no division, and once you accept that the word loses all it’s importance. There is ‘me’, and there is ‘not me’, but it’s all ‘nature’, and nothing is not ‘nature’. So then, what does ‘un-natural’ mean please? 🙂

Have a great weekend. I’ll be down to Glastonbury tomorrow for the Pagan Federation Wessex Conference. May the sun shine a little bit longer (but some night-time rain would be greatly appreciated…) 😀

Tags: Ron Hutton Graham Harvey Nature Pagan Glastonbury