Which of these central ideas did you include in your summary? Check all of the boxes that apply. ~People should strive to really see nature and use it to make a connection to the Universal Being. ~ Both nature and human beings are part of the divine. ~ Nature doesn’t exist for its own sake; it is just a symbol of the spiritual world. ~ The fact that nature is accessible every day causes people to overlook its spiritual dimensions.

In the sweet hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize? "every death is magic from the enemy to be avenged" by brooks haxton when fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes, i swore to find and kill the ones to blame. men must mount the long boat in the dark with spears. at dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent, i crouched. a young wife, newborn slung across her chest, came first for spring water. she stooped. my god, for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. her god stepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth, the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth. death is not evil. innocence of childhood the continuing cycle of life and death the children that will never be born