An Unrolled but Glorious Fragment’
Spirituality, Imagination, and the Legibility of Nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8135221 |
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| Authors | Jacob Sherman (California Institute of Integral Studies, corresponding author), Jacob Holsinger Sherman (California Institute of Integral Studies) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel17010081 |
| OpenAlex | W7122578257 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Traditions relating to the book of nature have long held that nature can be approached as something legible, as a text with spiritual meaning. Modern epistemological, cultural, and philosophical shifts called much of that approach into question. But, in this essay, I argue that Romanticism, especially as exemplified in figures such as Novalis, Wordsworth, and especially Coleridge, provides a powerful response to such disenchantment and points the way towards a non-reactionary, non-anachronistic retrieval of the legibility of nature
Collectable · Disenchantment · Legibility · Paranormal · Perspective (graphical · Ridiculous · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Historical Philosophy and Science · Literature: history, themes, analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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