Robert M. Torrance

An encyclopedic anthology described as a sourcebook on Nature and Culture from ancient times to the modern world. Hundreds of interesting entries with helpful introductions by Torrance. Regrettably, the tome contains only five indexed references to Pantheism in 1224 pages of text (four of which refer to Bruno and Spinoza), yet pantheistic themes surface repeatedly in the selections. Gary Snyder writes of the book, "What is encompassed, on a scale vaster than we could have imagined, are the many ways in which human beings have understood and represented the natural world. There are themes of gratitude, playfulness, and intimacy with the wild running through most of it..."… (meer)