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What is Creation Centred Spirituality? by Grace Blindell

This pamphlet presents an eloquent and authoritative introduction to Creation Centred Spirituality. It conveys not only the ideas that are central to it, but also what it feels like, through a wonderful blend of poetry and prose.

Walking the Sacred Story: A New Ritual for Celebrating the Universe by Erna and Michael Colebrook

Walking the Sacred Story refers to the awe-inspiring story of our Universe from the Big Bang to the present day. The authors invite us to walk this story in our imaginations by scaling the 14 billion years of the expanding Universe to a human walk of 1.4 kilometres.

The Green Mantle of Romanticism by Christine Avery and Michael Colebrook

The authors of this pamphlet, one a scientist and the other with a literary background, look at the organic interpretation of Nature, at merging ideas about deep time and evolution and the status of human subjectivity as they appear in the work of some of the great Romantic writers.

How Things Come To Be by Michael Colebrook

Starting with key points of development in the field of General Systems Theory, the author moves on to encourage us to develop our understanding through observation, as opposed to taking things apart to see what they are made of. Essentially, this pamphlet puts forward a holistic approach for studying the way things are and come into being and invites us to consider a number of fascinating areas of discovery.

Earthsong: A Green Anthology of Poetry, Readings and Prayers compiled by Erna and Michael Colebrook

Earthsong (originally published by Churchman Publishing) includes an array of contemporary and ancient wisdom, and is a wonderful green resource pack, compiled for inspiration and meditation purposes, and awakening to our interrelationship with the natural world and its abundant beauty.

Rediscovering St Francis: Earth Wisdom for the New Millennium by Alan José

The author has reflected on St Francis for over twenty years. His gentle, sympathetic and accessible treatment of Francis’s life and teachings places Francis in the context of the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality, as presented by Matthew Fox. Through engaging with key text, readers will come to understand how Francis can be seen as both a person and a mystic, who loved all life and regarded all living creatures as sacred and uniquely themselves. Note: The main text of this pdf are scans of inside pages of the original printed paperback edition, which means the visual quality of the typeface is not as sharp as a pdf made directly from a typed electronic document.

What’s Radical Now? Politics and Creation Spirituality by Victor Anderson

The author searches for a new ethos for our century, where it is possible to value the individual within the context of the whole – the ecology of the planet, the structure of the Cosmos, and the evolution of the Universe. For ultimately we need long-term thinking that considers generations that will come after us and encourage environmental awareness for not only us humans’ well-being but for our more-than-human relations. Although published in 1998, much of what the author reflects upon in this pamphlet is still relevant for our current time. Note: The main text of this pdf are scans of inside pages of the original printed paperback edition, which means the visual quality of the typeface is not as sharp as a pdf made directly from a typed electronic document.

SEVEN BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLE BY GREENSPIRIT MEMBERS

How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency (3rd edition)

by Piers Warren

Full-colour paperback (eBook also available)

Published by Bloomsbury (Green Books), 288 pages
RRP £15.99, ISBN 9781399416573

The ultimate guide to storing and preserving your garden produce.

Even half-acre plots can grow enough to feed a family of four for an entire year, yet with most produce ready to harvest in the summer and autumn, many gardeners struggle to use all of their fresh fruit and vegetables before it spoils. With proper storage techniques, there’s no need for any of your hard work to go to waste, and you can enjoy home-grown goodness all year-round while saving money, lowering your food miles and avoiding the plastic packaging of a typical supermarket shop.

Jam-packed with creative storage techniques and 92 delicious recipes, How to Store Your Garden Produce is beautifully organised to showcase the best ways to preserve your produce, including dehydrating, freezing, fermenting and pickling. Illustrated with aspirational photographs throughout, this book features a useful A–Z of garden produce, with each entry detailing up-to-date recommended varieties, improved storage methods and vegan alternatives in recipes to make the most of your harvests.

From strawberry wine and peach chutney to mushroom ketchup and celeriac soup, learn simple and enjoyable techniques for preserving your produce with this handy guide.

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Review by Ian Mowll

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The Vegan Cook & Gardener: Growing, storing and cooking delicious healthy food all year round

by Piers Warren and Ella Bee Glendining

Full-colour paperback

Permanent Publications, 256 pages
RRP £19.95, ISBN 978-1856233187

Packed full of photos, this useful guide will help you grow your own fruit and vegetables, and then turn your produce into delicious, no-fuss vegan meals that are healthy for you and the planet.

Grow your own fruit and vegetables, herbs, salads and sprouts, and then turn your produce into delicious, no-fuss vegan meals that are healthy for you and the planet. Father and daughter team, Piers Warren and Ella Bee Glendining, share successful growing techniques and seasonal recipes, plus years of experience of animal-free, healthy living. They show you how to:

* Grow your own food Garden without animal products
* Grow more challenging but delicious crops
* Produce food all year with practical growing techniques
* Store any excess to keep you going through the leaner months
* Cook your produce with a selection of satisfying and delicious recipes
* Discover the fun and huge sense of satisfaction that comes from cooking something you have produced yourself. Grow and eat for a more ethical, healthy and sustainable world!

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Review by Marian Van Eyk McCain

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Downshifting Made Easy: How to plan for your planet-friendly future

by Marian Van Eyk McCain

Paperback and low-cost eBook

Earth Books eBook and 82 page paperback
RRP £6.99 paperback, ISBN 978-1846945410

Why are millions of people starting to move towards a simpler, more sustainable lifestyle?

If you, too, are to join this worldwide effort to create a different sort of world, when should you start? How should you set about it? Where might you do it? And to whom can you turn for advice and guidance? This easy-to-read guidebook, by an author who undertook a similar journey, aims to answer all these questions and more.

There are many books of practical ideas for green living. But this one goes to the heart of the matter by looking at who you are, what your needs are and how you can create your custom-made plan for a lifestyle perfectly adapted to the coming ‘Age of Sustainability.’

Review by Ian Mowll

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From Punk Rock to Green Spirituality

by Santoshan (Stephen Wollaston)

Mid-price paperback and eBook

104 page paperback
RRP £4.83 paperback, ISBN 9798511082547

Selection of articles by GreenSpirit designer, writer and editor, interfaith minister, and 70s punk rock bass guitarist of The Wasps.

CONTENTS: Introduction / PART ONE: GREEN WISDOM / 1. From Punk Rock to Green Spirituality / 2. Caring for Our Sacred Earth / 3. Walking a Razor’s Edge / 4. Awakening to Creative Life / 5. Celebrating Our Interconnectedness with Nature / PART TWO: TRADITIONS / 6. A Postmodern and Age-old Wisdom of the Heart / 7. Expanding Our Circle of Awareness / 8. Yoga of Action / 9. Sex and Earth-Centred Spirituality in Hindu Traditions / 10. Islamic Environmentalism / 11. Christian Beginnings and Mystical Experiences / Author’s Books Used for this Collection

Review by Ian Mowll

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Spirituality Unveiled: Awakening to Creative Life

by Santoshan (Stephen Wollaston), Foreword by Ian Mowll

Paperback and revised mid-price eBook (eBook cover shown)

Earth Books, 144 page paperback
RRP £9.99 paperback, ISBN 978-1846945090
2020 revised mid-price eBook available from Smashwords and Amazon (Note: paperback ‘paired with Kindle edition’ is higher than the RRP on Amazon, whereas other pages show either the correct price or lower)

Spirituality Unveiled puts forward a succinct and compelling synthesis of numerous spiritual traditions. Whilst weaving together insights from contemporary and past masters of spirituality, along with holistic and Earth-centred wisdom, it beautifully highlights teachings about the essentials of creative unfoldment.

Perspectives shared in the book invite readers to join in the important search to find a healthy interaction with life. Key areas include the power of creativity, the effects of positive and negative actions, and harmonious living with the natural world. Note: The cover image is of the 2020 low-cost eBook edition (see links below.

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Introduction (2011 paperback edition)
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Review by Marian Van Eyk McCain

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Planet as Self: An Earthen Spirituality

by Sky McCain

Paperback and eBook

Earth Books eBook and 109 page paperback
RRP £9.99 paperback, ISBN 978-1846947254

Collectively, our institutions are slowly destroying life on our planet and many of us feel helplessness and despair as we witness ecocide all around us. We want to act. But first we must understand why it is that so many people seem to care so little about the planet’s health. Perhaps it is because age-old, limiting and often damaging cultural beliefs are passed down unexamined. These beliefs blind us to the astonishing and enlightening discoveries of modern science and to a full awareness of our embeddedness in Nature.

We and all planetary life are the sensory inputs and outputs of a planetary consciousness. Gaia is not ‘out there’. We and all Earthlings are the planet. Once we fully recognize ourselves as securely embodied in the fabric of this great being – planet Earth – our hearts and minds will shift into a loving relationship with the true ‘ground of our being’.

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Review by Laurence Shelley

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Holy Night

by Vincent Tilsley

Paperback

O Books, 271 pages
RRP £11.99, ISBN 978-1846941993

Holy Night is a blending of an old mystery with a new one, the ancient tale of God’s nativity on Earth but within modern cosmology’s view of our planet as just one tiny dot in a colossal universe that emerged billions of years before the Bethlehem event. The result is a science fiction drama which quickly widens to include a cosmic power struggle, above and below. Beginning in the “Star” which hovers over Bethlehem, it develops into a confrontation between a God and a Satan who look disconcertingly like each other. The outcome is startling.

Review by Marian Van Eyk McCain

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The Ecozoic: Journal of the Center for Ecozoic Studies

Printed and online

The Ecozoic is a printed journal, distributed annually to members of the Center for Ecozoic Studies, which is also available for free online in pdf format.

The Ecozoic Journal webpage on the Center for Ecozoic Studies website

Issue #6 includes A Sense of the Sacred by GreenSpirit member Marian Van Eyk McCain

Marian writes about how she came to meet Thomas Berry, her green spiritual journey, and various projects undertaken by her and other GreenSpirit members.

Free pdf of issue #6 with A Sense of the Sacred by Marian McCain