Rather than seeing the universe as the creation of a benevolent God, this position would regard it as fraught with ambiguous supernatural forces that do not necessarily have the best interests of humanity in mind. Just as it became fashionable over the last generation to speak of a hermeneutics of suspicion, it may be possible to speak of an esotericism of suspicion. Is it beneficent, inimical, or (as secular thought often suggests) merely indifferent? As soon as we grant that nature is alive, we are faced with the question of how we are to relate to it. The human connection with nature is one of the chief themes of esotericism. Printed in the Spring 2021 issue of Quest magazine.Ĭitation: Smoley, Richard, "Gurdjieff and Ecology: The Astral Ecosphere in Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson" Quest 109:2, pg 34-39
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