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The Hunter Just as all livings must compete, so must they nourish themselves.
The School of The Hunter is about nourishment. To self-genuate, one must understand as much as possible about - and participate,
to the greatest extent possible, in - his own nourishment. As with each of the Schools of The Sequitoria, this is a lifelong-learning
process. Primarily, he must seek to eliminate all of the processes which
separate him from the source of his nourishment, as every process diminishes the quality of his food. At one end of the spectrum are those indigenous peoples who still live
the hunter/gatherer lifetstyle. Their food is the freshest and most nourishing. Their lifestyle is as much a part of the natural
processes of life as the plants and animals which they eat; and rather than having a negative effect upon their
environment, their effect is neutral, or positive. Even
if they don't understand that their use of the available resources must be sustainable, their limited technology dictates
that it is. However, technology, in and of itself, does not have to be a cause of environmental degredation, it can be
a tool for environmental enhancement. At the other
end of the spectrum is the modern urbanite. Amongst this subset of humanity, there are those who understand that the methods
by which they nourish themselves have an effect upon the places from which that nourishment comes; the source. Others
have no such understanding. Those who have no
understanding of the processes involved in their own nourishment, exhibit no concern over the effect that it has upon
the environment and make no effort to learn about it represent what The Sequitorian Society calls "Man-in-the-Box".
The hunter/gatherers represent "Man-in-the-Bush".
Man-in-the-Box and
Man-in-the-Bush represent two extremes in the lifestyles, knowledge and values of humankind's relationship with the natural
world. Most of us fall somewhere in-between, with decided tendencies toward the Man-in-the-Box lifestyle. ~ ~ ~ ©2008
- The Sequitorian Society
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