The Web of Life
Science believes that the conscious, interconnected natural world is not only possible but likely
In shamanic tradition, we refer to the All That Is as the Web of Life, a place where everything has a connection to everything else. An ancient cosmology still in use by many indigenous cultures, the Web of Life has elements of quantum physics as well. Fritjof Capra is an Austrian born physicist who has written several books on the intersection between ancient beliefs in the interconnectedness of all things and modern scientific principles. These include The Tao of Physics and The Web of Life.
In The Web of Life, Capra writes, “The new paradigm may be called a holistic worldview, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts. It may also be called an ecological view, if the term ‘ecological’ is used in a much broader and deeper sense than usual. Deep ecological awareness recognizes the fundamental interdependence of all phenomena and the fact that, as individuals and societies, we are all embedded in (and ultimately dependent on) the cyclical processes of nature.”
What science is beginning to confirm, the ancients have long believed. The Universe is a holistic organism with its own intelligence that cannot simply be divided down into mechanistic parts. What happens…
