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Loren Eiseley

Butterflies and Human Existence

September 1, 2021 by bofaw Leave a Comment

Greetings valued friends, We are experiencing an exciting upsurge of readers from around the world. We reckon that some have missed some of our favorite blogs ergo, we will revise and repost a few of them. Thanks for supporting Biodesign Out For A Walk. LY “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Butterflies, Henry David Thoreau, Loren Eiseley, Nature, Origin of Human Soul, R.W. Emerson, spiritual evolution, spiritual growth, Spiritual Metamorphosis, wilderness

Foxes And The Art Of Playing

July 21, 2021 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Surely all God’s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes – all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.” – John Muir- The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, (1913) Native Americans hold a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, foxes, John Muir and Stickeen, Loren Eiseley, playfulness

John Muir: Mystic Of The Sierra Nevada

September 23, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

According to Edwin Way Teal (editor: The Wilderness World of John Muir) Muir was a scientist, a poet, a mystic, a philosopher and a humorist. The mystic in him wrote: “No sane man in the hands of Nature can doubt the doubleness of his life. Soul and body receive separate nourishment and separate exercise, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Half Dome, John Muir vision, Loren Eiseley, R.W. Emerson, Yosemite Valley

John Muir—Loren Eiseley—Annie Dillard Playfulness—Bio-spirituality

June 26, 2019 by bofaw Leave a Comment

One of the primary reasons that John Muir, Loren Eiseley and Annie Dillard were celebrated as major mentors in the Biodesign Class was their respective genius in describing playfulness as a quintessential component in the biology of Planet Earth. Dillard described dolphins frolicking in the water around the Galapagos Islands. I suspect that she would … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: C.S. Lewis, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir vision, Loren Eiseley, playfulness

Silver Bridge-Mules and God in Grand Canyon

April 3, 2017 by bofaw 10 Comments

“This follows from the extreme difficulty or rather impossibility of conceiving this wonderful universe, including man with his capacity of looking far backwards and far into futurity, as the result of blind chance or necessity. When thus reflecting I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Charles Darwin, existence of God, Grand Canyon, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley

Astronomy—Theology—Evolution

April 25, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain This is a wonderfully interconnected triad that gifted naturalist Annie Dillard would regard as a “bright snarl.” Without a Creator there would be no “astronomy” or evolution. Without evolution the universe … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, big bang theory, Bio-spirituality, Biodesign Out For A Walk, evolution, existence of God, faith, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley, mystery of life, Theology

An Abominable Mystery

March 16, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Everything You Need To Know Is Contained In a Flower.” Buddha Excerpt: “The Immense Journey” [How Flowers Changed The World] by Loren Eiseley. “A little while ago—about one hundred million years, as the geologist estimates time in the history of our four-billion-year-old planet—flowers were not to be found anywhere on the five continents. Wherever one … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Biodesign Out For A Walk, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley, mystery of life

Frog Eyes—Human Eyes—Did We Come From Outer Space?

February 9, 2016 by bofaw Leave a Comment

In, The Great Evolution Mystery, Gordon Taylor explains why Darwin’s Theory of evolution does not account for “organs of extreme perfection.” This includes the human eye. Human eyes contain over 100 million cells that all must function in perfect synchrony in order for people to see properly. Although ophthalmologists know much about eyes, it remains … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Advanced Biology, Albert Einstein, Author Lowell Harrison Young, Biodesign Out For A Walk, Charles Darwin, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley, mystery of eye, mystery of life, the origin of life

Turkey Brains and Other Miracles

November 24, 2015 by bofaw Leave a Comment

There is a rural legend that domesticated turkeys are so dumb that they will drown themselves while looking up at the rain with their mouths open. The term “birdbrain” emerged from the fact that, compared to humans, bird brains are extremely small. Most birds have pea-sized brains with the largest belonging to parrots. Ostrich brains … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reflections Tagged: Author Lowell Harrison Young, bird brains, intelligent design, Loren Eiseley, spirituality, The Thing With Feathers

Foxes and the Art of Playing

July 27, 2015 by bofaw Leave a Comment

“Surely all God’s people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes – all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them.” John Muir- The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, (1913) Native Americans hold a deep … [Read more…]

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