O Ignis Spiritus
Hildegard von Bingen2018
Hymn to the Holy Spirit composed by Hildegard of Binguen, abbess, mystic, doctor of the Latin Church and…
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.
El Desierto de Las Palmas durante el siglo XIX
Ignacio Husillos Tamarit 2019
The history of the Carmelite Desert of Las Palmas, Valencian Community, Spain, is re-examined from a comprehensive historical…
Chiara Lubich
Paradiso '491949
On Earth everything is in a relationship of love with everything: everything with everything. It is necessary to…
“Sacred” geomorphosites as a place of encountering the Human and the Geosphere in the Anthropocene
Francesc Bellaubí2021
Science and technology paradigms are not value free, but anchored in ontological cosmovisions and archetypes in how humans…
El concepto de noosfera como contribución a una ética de la geosfera. Del misticismo ecológico al activismo espiritual.
This MD thesis deals with Geoethics as an ethics of the Earth from the interpretation of experiences lived…
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass2015
It is about interweaving science, spirit and stories: old stories and new stories that can be remedies for…
El cor de la Cura, la Cura del Cor. L’amor i la saviesa de la cura com Ecosofia.
Xavier Perarnau2020
Facing the ongoing global collapse -a systemic crisis resulting from the decline of wisdom- the author proposes to…
Social Ecology and Education Transforming Worldviews and Practices
David Wright & Stuart B. Hill, eds.2020
Social Ecology and Education addresses “ecological understanding” as a transformative educational issue: a learning response to emerging insights…
Scientists’ Warning to Humanity on Threats to Indigenous & Local Knowledge Systems
Fernández-Llamazares, A. et al.2021
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological…
Romano Guardini
Das Ende der Neuzeit1950
The fundamental virtue will be, above all, the serious search for the truth (…) This seriousness wants to…