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Ecosacral

The non-dualistic identity of the ecological with the spiritual; behaviour affirming, celebrating or propitiating the relationship between organism and environment, including exploration of sacred space and marking sacred time with special rituals or observances

Phenomenology

To understand something you have to observe how it works, both in terms of its internal system of production and its external interface and consequence, that is of the intention driving activity as well as result.

Phenomenology is unjudgemental - provided that you account for both inner and outer relationships of observed phenomena, the truth of behaviour is sufficient to itself.

Ontology

Being something or someone with a unique unreplicable perspective

Dialectic

The universal process of change through the reciprocation of thesis, antithesis and synthesis.

Mutuality

Cooperation is a non-zero-sum game: all partners gain. This is the wellspring of evolution (which is selection for productive behaviour more than the incidental or contingent selection against unproductive behaviour).

Cognate

Literally, born together. Organism and environment are cognate terms ie in mutual definition of interfacing boundary, interchange and reciprocity.

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Pagan

Rural dweller; pre-Christian; post-Christian

Animism

Alleged belief amongst primitive people that spirits dwell in all things and beings

Pantheism

Alleged belief amongst sophisticated people that God dwells in all things and beings

Primitive

Pejorative term for people who are in intimate relationship with their local environment

Competition

Competition is a zero-sum game: the winner gets the benefit while both winner and loser pay the costs. Evolution like business is driven by the imperative to avoid competition.