Preface: In Search of the Living Universe
Part I
The Cosmological Impulse:
Awakening to the Beauty of Nature
1 Starlight and Cosmovision: Awakening to the Universe
2 Beauty, Desire, and the Soul of the World
3 Life in the Cosmopolis
4 The Light of Nature and the Alchemical Imagination
5 The Lushness of Earth and the Spirit of the Desert
6 The Last Flowering: The Rediscovery of Soul in Renaissance Florence
Part II
The Death of Nature and the Rise of Alienation
7 The Mechanization of the World
8 In the Name of Utility: The Exploitation of Nature and the Decline of Pleasure
Part III
Anima Mundi:
Rediscovering the Living Universe
9 Psyche Regained
10 The Mirror of Nature: Modern Cosmology and the Reanimation of the Universe
11 The Pattern Which Connects: Life and Mind in Nature
Part IV
A World with a Future:
Cultivating Life in a Global Community
12 The Turning Point: Returning Home in the Space Age
13 The Alchemy of Engagement: Working in Collaboration with Nature
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
