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    <![CDATA[My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization]]>
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    <![CDATA[&quot;You and I are not people who live in communion with the earth,&quot; Chellis Glendinning begins. &quot;We exist instead dislocated from our roots by the psychological, philosophical, and technological constructions of our civilization, and this alienation leads to our suffering: massive suffering for each and every one of us, and mass suffering throughout our society.&quot;<p>  Whether you believe the full ramifications of Glendinning's connections between addictive behavior and the ecological crisis depends entirely on whether you accept the premise that one can be &quot;addicted&quot; to civilization.  But her call for a return to a nature-based culture, one in which people live &quot;as if [we] were responsible for building the culture that the rocks and trees and birds of this place expected of human beings,&quot; is a compelling proposal, elaborated from the heart.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very personal view by Chellis Glendinning that implies both metaphysical and real connections between environmental depredation and the deteriorating psychological state of humans in society. Highly recommended<br/>]]></body>
    
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