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Death of Nature

from Against Leviathan by Wild's Reprisal

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Death of Nature 11:18. This song is dedicated to Carolyn Merchant. The lyrical content from this song is a reading from Merchant’s book “The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution”. Merchant tells us that prior to the Enlightenment, Nature was conceived of as the benevolent mother of all things, albeit sometimes wild. This metaphor was to gradually be replaced by the 'dominion' model as the Scientific Revolution rationalized and dissected nature to show all her secrets. As nature revealed her secrets, so too she was able to be controlled. Both this intention and the metaphor of 'nature unveiled' is still prevalent in scientific language. Conceptions of the Earth as nurturing bringer of life began slowly to change to one of a resource to be exploited as science became more and more confident that human minds could know all there was about the natural world and thereby effect changes on it at will.

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from Against Leviathan, released July 27, 2015

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Wild's Reprisal Seattle, Washington

Wild’s Reprisal is the solo project of Gedden Cascadia. The music is reflective of deeply held ecocentric beliefs and a commitment to deep ecology.

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