ABSTRACT
As commonly understood, use of the term ‘sacred’ implies a religious
point of view, and perhaps a commitment to the existence of some
divine or supernatural being. But I take it that we are not here debating
whether or not nature is sacred in that sense. The answer would depend
largely, and simply, on whether or not we were prepared to view the
natural world as ‘God’s handiwork’: it would quickly reduce, in other
words, to yet another debate about the existence of God.
