Spiritual Narcissism / Spiritual Ecology

Matthew Fox & Llewelyn Vaughan-Lee

Matthew Fox: Today we are discussing ecology and spirituality. Now who can deny that it doesn't matter what your particular tradition is, or if you're an atheist, if your backyard is burning up and you can't plant food anymore, and the waters are rising? We're all in trouble. And it can finally bring religions together and get over their narcissism.

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: I hope so. Mysticism, as you know, has always held this common thread underneath religion - the union of inner experience. Part of the reason I edited the book Spiritual Ecology was to try to bring that into the ecological debate because I felt that, although it was present, it wasn't voiced enough. [Read more] ...