Reviews for The tree of life

The average rating for The tree of life based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-25 00:00:00 Carlos Leyequien "Do as little children do, who with one hand cling to their father, and with the other gather strawberries or blackberries along the hedges; for, in like manner, while you are gathering and handling the goods of this world with one hand, cling fast always with the other to the hand of your heavenly Father, turning to him from time to time to see if your doings or your occupations are pleasing to him." "Whoever contemplates our Mother Nature in her full majesty and lustre is alone able to value things in their true estimate." "If a man has an organic relationship to the soil and the region, the attempt of propaganda to make his actions fit an industrial system is an assault on his essential liberties." "The whole wealth of the universe is open to me, and, if I had the ability I would be able to discover and enjoy most of the secrets and individual glories of this vast world of things." "But the machine man, driving a dead tractor on land he does not know and love, understands only chemistry, and he is contemptuous of the land of himself." "...existing in warrens of derelict industrial cities or along miles of mean or pretentious boxes strung along highways, like racing tracks, upon the face of a country either desecrated or tumbling into wilderness. Was this living, was this England?" "We pray for that morning... when Christ is born in England again."

Review # 2 was written on 2019-11-23 00:00:00 Sean Carlisle Written during World War II, and focusing mainly on our culture's troubled relationship with nature, this is an extraordinary book that gives a wealth of insight into the origins of the economic, cultural and ecological crisis we currently find ourselves in. This is not an easy or quick read; the text is dense and makes frequent references to poetry, philosophy and historical sources as Massingham traces the gradual sell-out of Western culture, including institutionalised religion, to the gods of finance. At one and the same time terrifying, sad and yet oddly hopeful. The book is out of print and not available in electronic form, but copies can still be found through the usual second-hand channels. This is a book I will not be parting with.