Suggested Readings
To Develop the Human Potential, by Maria Montessori (1948)
Children of the Universe: Cosmic Education in the Montessori Elementary Classroom, by Michael and D’Neil Duffy (Originally released in 2002, Updated in 2013?)
https://dtnetwork/resource/children-of-the-universe-cosmic-education-in-the-montessori-elementary-classroom/
Universe Story Trilogy (Targeted for children, Great for all Ages for learning the Story):
Born With a Bang by Jennifer Morgan, Illustrations by Dana Lynn Andersen https://dtnetwork/resource/born-with-a-bang-the-universe-tells-our-cosmic-story-book-1/
From Lava to Life by Jennifer Morgan, Illustrations by Dana Lynn Andersenhttps://dtnetwork/resource/from-lava-to-life-the-universe-tells-our-earth-story-book-2-in-a-universe-story-trilogy/
Mammals Who Morph by Jennifer Morgan, Illustrations by Dana Lynn Andersen https://dtnetwork/resource/mammals-who-morph-the-universe-tells-our-evolution-story-book-3-in-a-universe-story-trilogy-2/
Journey of the Universe (Book) by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker (2011)
https://dtnetwork/resource/journey-universe-book/
Journey of the Universe (Movie), Narrated by Brian Swimme, Produced by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim (2011) https://dtnetwork/resource/journey-of-the-universe-movie/
Journey of the Universe (Conversations/Educational Series Overview) (2012)
The New Story (Landmark Essay by Thomas Berry, 1978)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-new-story/
The Dream of the Earth, by Thomas Berry (1988)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-dream-of-the-earth/
The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future (2000)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-great-work-our-way-into-the-future/
The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality and Religion in the Twenty First Century, by Thomas Berry (2009)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-sacred-universe-earth-spirituality-and-religion-in-the-twenty-first-century
The Great Story (Video, 2002)
https://dtnetwork/resource/thomas-berry-the-great-story-home-video-version/
The Universe is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story, by Brian Swimme (1984)
http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Green-Dragon-Cosmic-Creation/dp/0939680149/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412018393&sr=1-3&keywords=the+universe+story
The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era–A Celebration of the Unfolding Cosmos, by Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme (1994)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-universe-story-from-the-primordial-flaring-forth-to-the-ecozoic-era-a-celebration-of-the-unfolding-cosmos/
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story, by Brian Swimme (1999)
https://dtnetwork/resource/the-hidden-heart-of-the-cosmos-humanity-and-the-new-story/
Epic of Evolution, by Eric Chaisson (2007)
https://dtnetwork/resource/epic-of-evolution-seven-ages-of-the-cosmos/
The Gaia Hypothesis, by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis
Big History: Between Nothing and Everything, by David Christian, Cynthia Stokes Brown, and Craig Benjamin (2014)
https://dtnetwork/resource/big-history-between-nothing-and-everything-new-york-mcgraw-hill-2014/
Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present, by Cynthia Stokes Brown (2007)
https://dtnetwork/resource/cynthia-stokes-brown-big-history-from-the-big-bang-to-the-present-2nd-ed-new-york-new-press-2012-1st-ed-2007/
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, by David Christian (2011)
https://dtnetwork/resource/maps-of-time-an-introduction-to-big-history/
This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity
https://dtnetwork/resource/this-fleeting-world-a-short-history-of-humanity/
Suggested Readings
Imagining a Different World
Today we find ourselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recession and a looming climate change. We can't depend upon our economic, political and legal systems because they are what are causing our problems. We need a different way of imagining our future....
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Radiant Light – The Power of Light in Daily Life
This is a short article on the transformative power of light, based on a presentation I gave for the DTN Equinox celebration in September 2020.
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Shamanic Thinking in a changing World
Years ago Albert Einstein said, "We can't solve our problems with the the same kind of thinkin we used to create the problems."Â We are facing--a pandemic, a economic recession and the ever looming climate change. What kind of thinking do we need to deal with these...
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Ecozoic Era
Thomas Berry talks about the need to turn from an anthropocentric perspective to a biocentric and ecocentric focus.
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A Closer Look with 360º vision
View a range of everyday images from a 360 degree perspective. Â See new ways of combining them to help you question how a landscape can be transformed, a bowl of fruit can be seen from micro and macro perspective and more. Â Â This two and a half minutes will give you...
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How to Tell a Cosmic Story, with Jennifer Morgan (Video)
In this video, Jennifer Morgan, president, DTN, discusses the role and purpose of the storyteller, as well as props and costumes. Then, she demonstrates telling a story from her first book, Born With a Bang. *
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Recording of American Teilhard Association, Annual Meeting, Part 1
"Voices of the Great Work" (Part 1) * In this year's annual meeting, presenters showed ways that Teilhard has inspired people in diverse fields, from education to art and religion, and in plays and films. Hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim and ATA's new president...
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Recording of American Teilhard Association, Annual Meeting (Part 2)
"Voices of the Great Work" (Part 2) * In part 2 of the annual meeting, composer Sam Guarnaccia; religious leaders Nancy Wright and Kevin Cawley; play producer Sant Aranda, and filmmakers Frank and Mary Frost explain how Teilhard de Chardin inspired their work. *...
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The Pandemic, A Classroom for Climate Change
This article demonstrates how the CORONAVIRUSÂ pandemic can prepare us to deal with climate change. After discussing the similarities and differences between the two realities it suggests the need for a different way of viewing and relating to the living Earth. *
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A Feeling For The Organism.
This article indicates that we are living in a world dominated by men, especially at the political level. But it notes that more and more women are taking lead roles in many areas. Because of their personal experience they seem to ave a different way of seeing the...
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