Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorThoemmes Continuum Publishers, publisher2016-03-252016-03-252005Roslton, Holmes, III, Aesthetics of Nature and the Sacred, Taylor, Bron R., editor-in-chief, The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, volume 1, 18-21. London and New York: Thoemmes Continuum Publishers, 2005.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/171450Includes bibliographical references (page 21).Confronting nature one experiences the archetypes of the world. A living landscape couples dynamism with antiquity and demands an order of aesthetic interpretation that one is unlikely to find in art and its artifacts. A visit to wildlands contributes to the human sense of place in space and time, of duration, antiquity, continuity, to the human mystery of being the sole aesthetician in a kaleidoscopic universe. One encounters "the types and symbols of Eternity" (Wordsworth). We reach the sense of the sublime. When beauty transforms into the sublime, the aesthetic is elevated into the numinous. Perhaps the supernatural is gone, but the natural can be supercharged with mystery. If anything at all on Earth is sacred, it must be this enthralling creativity that characterizes our home planet. Here an appropriate aesthetics becomes spiritually demanding.born digitalchapters (layout features)eng©2005 Thoemmes Continuum Publishers.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.aesthetics of naturesubjective and objective in aestheticssymbols of eternitynaturesupernaturesacred in natureText