Intuition & Intellect

I think that in modern society, intellect and activity are given more credit than is due. There is an equal, though unacknowledged, value in emotions, intuition (requiring inactivity), and love. This devaluation of feeling is one of the ways that men have devalued women and the immediacy of nature. I feel that when we return to equal evaluation of feelings, it will be a giant step towards harmony with Nature - which is so sorely needed for the evolution of humankind.

It’s not a secret that humanity needs to reconnect with nature and its sacredness.  I do not believe that viewing nature with the intellect precludes this. I believe that the main problem is that most humans have a blasé attitude towards nature. In fact Emerson, in his essay “Nature”, posits just this. He is very much in awe of the Universe and Nature. I think that in modern society, that none of the two are present in many people ... I believe that many today know this if you judge by the proliferation of very popular books on "reconnecting with the sacred nature”.  The intellect is equally important to love, intuition and emotions. You find this great awe of Nature by very popular scientists, physicists, biologist, and literature etc.  Authors like R. Dawkins, N.D. Tyson, W. Whitman, etc. inspire awe in nature through the intellect but also through our emotional response to nature/cosmos.  I believe that not enough people, including pantheists, regard nature from an intellectual perspective.  Even hunter/gatherers "knew", nature through their intellect: where/which to find edible plants/roots, plants with medicinal properties; animal behavior, how to hunt; track and draw animals into traps, etc... But they were also very "connected" to the sacredness of nature.