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"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."  The Immense Journey, 1957   Loren Eiseley

The Telesterion Statement:

"This is the most important spiritual realization of our time; that we humans are large-brained animals on the surface of a planet."

- Bill Eichman  "Almost nobody get's this one. A classic example of 'Can't see the forest for the trees'."

“For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.”

The little planet we occupy has orbited a minor star on the fringes of a rather average galaxy in a universe of unimaginable vastness for over 4.5 billion years, yet our particular species of primate arrived on the scene very recently indeed.  It is humbling to realize that, when we liken the age of the earth to the life-span of an average person, mankind has existed for less than the time it takes to say 'Homo sapiens'.