Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and Chancellor-Designate of GlobalShift University. The founder and president of the Club of Budapest and the author of 83 books, he lives in Pisa, Italy. Allan Combs is professor of transformative studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies, codirector of integral studies at the Graduate Institute of Connecticut, and a founding member of the Integral Foundation. The author of more than 100 articles and books, he lives in Santa Rosa, California.

A tribute to the visionary contributions and prophetic writings of Thomas Berry, spiritual ecologist and father of environmentalism

• Contains 10 essays by eminent philosophers, thinkers, and scientists in the field of ecology and sustainability, including Matthew Fox, Joanna Macy, Duane Elgin, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ervin Laszlo, and Allan Combs

• Calls for a transformation of consciousness to resolve today's global ecological and human challenges

• Includes a little-known but essential essay by Thomas Berry

When cultural historian and spiritual ecologist Thomas Berry, described by Newsweek magazine as "the most provocative figure among the new breed of eco-theologians," passed away in 2009 at age 94, he left behind a dream of healing the "Earth community." In his numerous lectures, books, and essays, Berry proclaimed himself a scholar of the earth, a "geologian," and diligently advocated for a return to Earth-based spirituality.

This anthology presents 10 essays from leading philosophers, scientists, and spiritual visionaries--including Matthew Fox, Joanna Macy, Duane Elgin, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, Ervin Laszlo, and Allan Combs--on the genius of Berry's work and his quest to resolve our global ecological and spiritual challenges, as well as a little-known but essential essay by Berry himself. Revealing Berry's insights as far ahead of their time, these essays reiterate the radical nature of his ideas and the urgency of his most important conclusion: that money and technology cannot solve our problems, rather, we must reestablish the indigenous connection with universal consciousness and return to our fundamental spontaneous nature--still evident in our dreams--in order to navigate our ecological challenges successfully.

The WorldShift 2012 Declaration

Foreword: The Dreamer of the Earth -- Ervin Laszlo

Thomas Berry, Earth Scholar: A Brief Biography
1 The University of the Earth: An Introduction to Thomas Berry -- Allan Combs

2 The Emerging Ecozoic Period -- Thomas Berry

3 Some Thoughts on Thomas Berry's Contributions to the Western Spiritual Tradition -- Matthew Fox

4 Thomas Berry and the Evocation of Participatory Consciousness -- Geneen Marie Haugen

5 Inscendence--The Key to the Great Work of Our Time: A Soulcentric View of Thomas Berry's Work -- Bill Plotkin

6 Dreaming in Sacred Sites: A Study and Tribute to Thomas Berry -- Stanley Krippner, Paul Devereux, Adam Fish, Robert Tartz, and Allan Combs

7 The Double Life of Thomas Berry: Emergence and Evolution -- Duane Elgin

8 Ecological Interiority: Thomas Berry's Integral Ecology Legacy -- Sean Esbjörn-Hargens

9 Earth Community: What It Tells Us About Faith and Power -- Joanna Macy

10 Berry and the Shift from the Anthropocentric to the Ecological Age -- Ervin Laszlo
Notes

Contributors

Index