19:33 I'm sorry to say so, but this is a misquotation. What Thoreau did say was “The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the world.” Sorry for the nitpick, I really liked this episode! I think it's useful to be able to talk about and be open to enchantment without (necessarily) having to submit to a religion. You can call it Nature, or Tao, or Gaia, or God. Whatever it is, I think we benefit greatly from being open to it and in contact with it. It's such an essential part of reality. And it does have a humbling effect on us, which I think our society desperately needs.
19:33 I'm sorry to say so, but this is a misquotation. What Thoreau did say was “The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the world.”
Sorry for the nitpick, I really liked this episode! I think it's useful to be able to talk about and be open to enchantment without (necessarily) having to submit to a religion. You can call it Nature, or Tao, or Gaia, or God. Whatever it is, I think we benefit greatly from being open to it and in contact with it. It's such an essential part of reality. And it does have a humbling effect on us, which I think our society desperately needs.