
The Specialness of Being Human in this Universe
Primack and Abrams remind us that not only is the time of the universe in which we live special, but so too is our size.
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Primack and Abrams remind us that not only is the time of the universe in which we live special, but so too is our size.

Today’s science has broken sharply with that of the Newtonian or modern era which left us with the impression that the sky was inert, dead,

Across both Polynesia and Micronesia there is a great commonality of belief around the idea of a divinized sky. The sense of the heaven’s enormity

In the Aranda-speaking areas of Australia it was believed that the earth and the sky had always existed and had always been the home of

Among the Aboriginals of Australia in the Dieri country the sky is understood to be a vast plain inhabited by wild tribes that are the

For the indigenous peoples of Australia, Africa, the Americas and elsewhere, the sky was very alive. Not so the Westerners of the Modern Era who

Stories abound around the world about the sky being an abode for the Divine. Christians sing “Glory to God in the highest” and “you alone

“Father Sky” is an ancient archetype for naming the Sacred Masculine or the Divine Masculine. It is found among indigenous peoples such as Natives of

We have spoken of virtue or integrity or the living out of worthy values (virtue, after all is a habit; and vices are too) as

I am pleased to share this poem by my friend, Rafael Jesús González, who raises the question posed in the title of this DM. (To
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