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Aldous Huxley's essay, "The Olive Tree", is an example of spiritually scientific thinking. While also being a homage to his favourite tree, Huxley shows the reader correspondences between the loss of nature, natural heritage, peace and freedom of expression. Do you think this is reaching? Could you see, from this episode, that an olive tree revival could bring peace and safety to those of "Saxon and Celtic flesh wedded to the Latin spirit" aka the English?Books referenced in this episodeWest, David & Hobbs, Kevin. (2020). The Story of Trees and How They Changed the Way We Live. Laurence King Publishing.https://www.amazon.com/Story-Trees-They-Changed-World/dp/1786275228Huxley, Aldous. (1936). The Olive Tree & other essays. Chatto & Windus.https://www.amazon.com/Olive-Tree-Other-Essays/dp/B000H7G53CDarcey, Cheralyn. (2019). The Book of Tree Spells. Rockpool.https://www.amazon.com/Book-Tree-Spells-Cheralyn-Darcey-ebook/dp/B07SYGL5QJDingwall-Main, Alex. (2012). The Angel Tree: The Enchanting Quest for the World's Oldest Olive Tree. Skyhorse Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Tree-Enchanting-Worlds-Oldest/dp/1611457564Otherworld Connections is live every Wednesday 3.00pm-4.00pm Eastern Time on Revolution Radio (Studio A): https://www.revolution.radio/.

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