The Crusoe fallacy. (illusion of personal autonomy)

Commonweal | February 14, 1997| | Copyright

Who is in charge here? Me, me, me...

If there is any grand belief that you would think safe, it is the ancient belief that everything is connected with everything else.

Primitive religions commonly believe that the movements of the sun and moon and stars are somehow connected with the way I treat my mother-in-law, my dog, my garden, and so forth. So I had better treat my mother-in-law, dog, garden, etc., in the right way. More precisely, I had better treat them in the rite way. The universe is a sacred cosmos, and because this is so my dealings with reality take on a ritual ...

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