The Voice Of Sedona
333 views · Published 21 February 2017 · 3:11 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2017 · Education
Dr Robin Weeks On The Nature and Land of Sedona, Arizona Sedona is a small town in Northeastern Arizona, with a population of around ten thousand people, but despite its size, it wields an influence in the lives of millions of people. Sedona is set in a stunning landscape of soaring sandstone formations and has an international reputation as a spiritual centre. Dr Robin Weeks has lived in Sedona for five years, each day, he’s hiked in the Sedona area. He's been an important and committed part of the community here and is Director of the Osher Center For Lifelong Learning. He is also a PhD in Geophysics, faculty at the University of Washington, and then gained a Masters in Religious Studies from Naropa University. His interest is in the relationship between science and spirituality. He wants to re-vivify nature, as the prerequisite to re-vivifying ourselves. Robin has been inspired to record this playlist by his growing conviction that there is a voice of Sedona that can be intuited by those sensitive to its tones. Sedona has an importance that goes beyond its crystal shops and aura photographs. In this video, he describes the process he’s been through in the past five years, and how that has given him a sense of his part in this land, not merely as an observer, but as an active participant in an evolving set of relationships. The German sociologist Max Weber wrote of the disenchantment of the world with the advance of human scientific understanding - that as a species we have developed a paradigm in which the world is perceived as inanimate material passively awaiting our transforming mechanical abilities. But what Robin shares with us in this, and the following videos is how he has re-enchanted the world for himself, by listening for the voice of the land as expressed in its plants, animals, and rocks. For him, part of this unfolding relationship has been initiated not just by paying attention to what’s around him, but also by actively applying himself to learning as much as he can about the flora and fauna of Sedona. And luckily for us, he’s happy to share his knowledge, in the hope that his experience may benefit all of us, wherever we are, in hearing the voice of the land we live in.
