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17 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Besides the points made in this thread, it's also worth noting that the separation of man from nature occurs in Malay mythology as well. Several Malay legends speak of a time when humans could communicate with animals and trees

In some stories, the trees imparted knowledge, only a portion of which was passed down. This has been noted as an allusion to pagan animism, when humans learned from the natural environment rather than religion

Or to put it in another way, when god and nature were one. When the natural world itself was the object of reverence and fear

It's no coincidence that the introduction of monotheism is symbolised by defying a spirit and chopping down a tree

Or how creationists who take the Abramanic creation myth literally deny evolution because it would make them just another animal. As James Hillman said, "The backlash is we're so inflated that we've lost touch with reality"

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