Spirituality vs Religion a new book by Leo Rutherford

A New Book by Leo Rutherford

Freedom vs Control

For all who seek truth beyond church/bible dogma….
A stark  expose of the problems we humans have brought upon ourselves with the adoption of the Abrahamic male monotheist separated ‘God’ and the abandonment of the more ancient and balanced animist/shamanist holistic knowledge.

This book contrasts these two radically differing world
views: The shamanic world view of indigenous cultures in which everything is seen and felt as alive with soul and the male-monotheist world view which teaches that only humans have souls.

 

And proposes a radical change in our world view:
Our Earth is our Mother Goddess, all the plants, animals, insects, fish, birds are part of her, as are we. It is not ‘our’ planet, we share it. Without the other kingdoms we would not exist. We need to put our faith in an Infinite-Creator-God-Source-Force of Ultimate Love and Compassion and not in a separate, angry, vengeful ‘God-Chap’ who sits far away in
judgment.

Male-monotheism brought the concept that humans are all-important; that the other kingdoms are here at our disposal; that we are the top of the tree and everything else is here to serve us; that the Great Mother Planet Earth is just a rock in space for us to use and abuse. The current ecological disaster that is unfolding follows on from the adoption of this false ‘God-Chap’ and we need to change this upside down world view so as not to doom ourselves to an early demise. It will help greatly to give the Eternal Mother
back her rightful place in the Trinity of Existence and restore balance between
the forces of ying and yang.

Religion vs Spirituality

  • Belief in One God vs. Trust In the Mystery of Existence
  • God Is Separate vs. God Is Everything Everywhere
  • Set of Beliefs vs. Tools to Discover Knowledge
  • God is good, devil is evil vs. Good/evil are two aspects of
    Creation
  • Bible is the word of God vs. Bible is the myths of men
  • Masculine dominant vs. Feminine/masculine in balance
  • Jesus – only Son of God vs. Jesus – mythological figure

Published by CreateSpace, 2011
ISBN-13:
978-1461007944
ISBN-10: 1461007941

UK £10.99

Also available from our website;

www.shamanism.co.uk

 

About Leo Rutherford

I had a twenty year career as an engineer and business manager followed by a mid-life crisis - well what else would you expect! This led to an eight year period of therapy and life changing experiences. Living in California doing my MA in Holistic Psychology, I came across the ancient ways of the shamans and recognised the earthy and the magical that was missing from Western cultural concepts. Shamanism is spiritual, ecological and psychological, it connects us to the roots of our being and to the great powers of nature that surround us and without which we do not exist. It is the only path I have found in which nothing is left out - and it is the only path I have found which doesn’t, however subtly, try to tell me that something in me is put together wrong! ‘I walk in beauty, beauty before me, beauty behind me and beauty all around me’. That is what I try to remember daily.
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