A Conservation Biologist and a Religion Scholar Walk into a Sacred Natural Site
Jaime Tatay2025
The increasing interest among conservationists in sacred natural sites (SNS) prompts an exploration into how environmental scientists perceive…
Documentation centre
The Silene Documentation Center contains resources and documents about the spiritual and intangible cultural heritage linked to nature and natural heritage, from the local to the international level. Summaries are offered in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Catalan, although the documents are in the original languages, accompanied by translations, when available.
It is the reference documentation center of the Group Specialist in Cultural and Spiritual Values of the World Commission for Natural Protected Areas, of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Information and sensitization
Tools for information, awareness and reflection on the cultural and spiritual values of nature and landscape in various traditions and worldviews. Pedagogical, didactic and training resources that help integrate spiritual values in the conservation of nature, including myths, tales, and legends. - International declarations
Declarations of spiritual, scientific, political or social authorities in relation to the spiritual values of nature and the need to acknowledge them. - Legal documents
Conventions, treaties, laws, regulations of any administrative, national or international scope. - Management documents
Actions that reinforce the preservation and enjoyment of the values of the intangible heritage of nature, in an integrated way with conservation, in all fields, including the evaluation of their effectiveness. Traditional systems of governance of territories and resources. - Planning documents
Plans and programs aimed at the conservation of nature, protected areas, habitats or species, that incorporate the spiritual and cultural dimensions. - Reflections on nature and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between nature and spirituality, in any of the concepts and the meanings that both may have and in all its manifestations. - Reflections on science and spirituality
Contributions on the relationship between modern science and spirituality, or with the traditional sciences of nature and / or traditional ecological knowledge. - Strategical documents
Guidelines, strategies, recommendations or proposals, from congresses, symposia, seminars, workshops, etc. either international or national - Videographers
Movies, documentaries and interviews - Wisdom quotes
Quotes, aphorisms and advices about Nature from the spiritual Traditions of humankind.
Marco Pallis
The Way and the Mountain1960
All Nature in her pristine state is something intrinsically sacred, it has the specific quality of wholeness, holiness…
Conclusions of the working day Sanctuaries for Peace
Main conclusions of the working day that took place on November 8, 2024 at the hostel of the…
Sistema Educativo Indígena Propio de ASATRIZY
This document is the written synthesis of the model of traditional education and training that we wish to…
Epistemología Mapuche: sabiduría y conocimientos
Juan Ñanculef Huaiquinao2016
This is the first document that presents the Mapuche worldview and ways of thinking written by a member…
Àngels Canadell
En companyia del bosc2025
“To rebuild our ties with the Earth, we need a whole asceticism of thought and action. (…) The…
Jorge N. Ferrer
Què significa viure una espiritualitat plenament encarnada? 2025
“Once the physical world is recognized as real, and once in touch with the immanent spiritual life, every…
Juan Arnau
La meditación soleada2024
“The One passes through us and, in doing so, enlivens us. It doesn’t demand our attention; it sees…
Sacred Mountains, Climate Change, and the Environment
Edwin Bernbaum2021
Sacred mountains dramatically highlight the effects of climate change and people’s relationship with the environment. Edwin Bernbaum, who…
Finding meaning in a world gone mad
Iain McGilchrist2024
Finding Meaning in a World Gone Mad is the title of the summary of an interview with neuroscientist…