Eco-philosopher David Abram is one of my favorite authors on the human relationship with the non-human world. He sums it up quite succinctly, stating, "We are human only in contact and conviviality with what is not human."
Here is a link to "The Ecology of Magic," an excerpt from his book "The Spell of the Sensuous"
I also wrote a book review of his most recent book "Becoming Animal" for the Jung Journal a few months back which is currently available for download.
I highly recommend both books if you haven't read them yet. If you have, what did you think?
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