Louis Cattiaux
The Message Rediscovered1956
God has given us the book of nature, but we have not read it. Nature is deeply buried…
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.
Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy: Paradise1320
While sight was unconsumed, and, in that depth, saw in one volume clas’d of love, whatever the univers…
Simone Weil
Lectures on Philosophy
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity. Joy is in the plenitude of reality. The desire for light…
Zhang Zai
Western Inscription1060
Heaven is my father and the Earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I,…
Thomas Merton
The Sign of Jonas1979
When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of the forest. When your imagination is…
Agustine of Hipo
Homily number 241. Easter411
Ask the beauty of the earth; ask the beauty of the sea, ask the beauty of dilated and…
Photographs of Turgoyak: Exploring Spiritual Awareness and Eco-resistance
Francesc Bellaubi2019
This post introduces us to Turgoyak lake, Russia, an outstanding sacred natural site of the Urals threatened by…
Martin Lings
Symbol & Archetype. A Study of the Meaning of Existence. 2005
Thre is no traditional doctrine which does not teach that this world is a world of symbols…. Symbolism…
Sustainability and religious dialogue
Tatay, Jaime & Devitt, Catherine2017
In the wake of the promulgation of Laudato si’, Pope Francis’ 2015 landmark encyclical on our relationship with…
Jean Biès
La sagesse des reflets2003
What are the provisions that require the initiation of the poet, of the lover of nature? A long,…