The Language of Animals

Issue 192 • January/February 1999

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Welcome

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Feature Articles

THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS

Wild animals are lean. They have no burden of possessions, no need for extra clothing, eating utensils or elaborate dwellings.

THE FIFTIETH MILLENNIUM

A homo sapiens calendar starts at 40,000 years before the present, when art was produced for magic or beauty.

SPEED

Speed is the foundation of the corporate-dominated global economy of quick returns and rapid growth.

FIVE FACETS OF A MYTH

The world is mesmerized by the myth of Progress. But beyond prosperity for the few, progress does not have a great deal going for it.

Economy

PLOTTING IN THE PRIESTHOOD

At the altar of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, transnational corporations will worship and, perhaps, sacrifice.

MONEY AS A MEASURE

Using money as the measure of all things leads to a distorted view of society and environment.

THE NEW ALCHEMISTS

The local currency revolution means new kinds of money which are kinder to the planet.

The Arts

Craft: THE ULTIMATE POTTER

The great Japanese potter Hamada Shoji made pots to use and also to free himself from ego

Craft: POETRY OF NEEDLE AND THREAD

Work in an office or a factory is seen to be the sign of progress in our time but for Cecilia Löfström embroidery of beauty holds value.

Science

SILENCE

Now even science claims silence to be golden and says that noise damages much more than hearing.

NEW MOON

Scientists have a plan. It is to abolish the night.

Frontline

LIVING LIGHTLY &

A new global culture is in the making. Its signs are eco-villages, co-housing and communal living.

FARMS OF THE FUTURE

Farming in Europe and North America is in crisis. The solution lies in community supported agriculture.

AT A WATERSHED

A village in Sri Lanka is showing a way of farming which is in harmony with nature and spirit.

A DAY IN DEEP FOREST

A botanical sanctuary in India is working to restore the rainforest.

Regulars

The Occasional Didymus

Letter from America

Letters to the Editors

Good News For Gaia

Poetry

Recipes

The Web Page

Reviews

ARTS OF ASIA

Review of Master works of Asian Art, Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art and Indian Court Painting 16th-19th century

A TRACT FOR OUR TIMES

Review of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

POWER AND THE PRESS

Review of Hidden Agendas

FREEDOM FROM CARS

Review of The Estate We're In

REVISING AN ERROR

Review of The End of the Yellow Brick Road

MONEY MAKERS

Review of The Cult of Impotence and MAI: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment

LIMITS OF LOGIC

Review of Goodbye, Descartes

PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM

Review of Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium

Welcome TO WINTER

Review of Eating with the Seasons

SPIRIT AND NATURE

Review of The Element Book of Mystical Poetry

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