A perspective from Roberto Assagioli:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cFirst of all we must abandon the usual external and materialistic conception of nature, we must recognize that nothing exists in the universe that is not vibrant with life and consciousness, that every form and every force of nature are the manifestation of real entities, and that these entities are in contact with each other, coordinated and subordinated in large hierarchies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Thus, the Earth as a whole \u2013 according to the brilliant\u00a0intuition<\/a>\u00a0of the great scientist and philosopher Th.Pechner \u2013 is the body of a real being, of a Great Planetary Spirit, with a\u00a0soul<\/a>, with a consciousness of its own.\u201d (From\u00a0Spiritual Consciousness and Astral Consciousness<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n\r\n