We have to change the stories we tell. Traditional societies around the world told stories that preserved the ecosystems in which they lived. The stories our culture tells itself do the opposite.
Our stories, by contrast, lead to destruction of those ecosystems. Our dominant stories as expressed through screen media favor technological victory, dominance of nature, and celebrate power and control. Stories are the most effective way of changing our heads, bringing our lives into harmony with the old animal magic of the earth which is as fresh as snowflakes on the wind. Below are some stories which accomplish this. Call them thoughts of the earth, myths dreamed by rocks, the crucial legends of now and forever to which we must listen. Our lives depend on it.
Our stories, by contrast, lead to destruction of those ecosystems. Our dominant stories as expressed through screen media favor technological victory, dominance of nature, and celebrate power and control. Stories are the most effective way of changing our heads, bringing our lives into harmony with the old animal magic of the earth which is as fresh as snowflakes on the wind. Below are some stories which accomplish this. Call them thoughts of the earth, myths dreamed by rocks, the crucial legends of now and forever to which we must listen. Our lives depend on it.
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