Summary This text offers reflections following a visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in the USA's west. Initially it describes the vast beauty, diverse ecosystems, and threats posed by human activity in these nature preserves. The author then transitions to exploring the inspirational effect of pristine nature on visitors, arguing that modern explanations often miss the deeper spiritual or psychic interaction with the elemental forces of Earth, Water, Air, an

Spring, or a new planting season, though of great importance in the cycle of production on earth, is only symbolic of a much greater phenomenon in which the universe itself goes through a wider and longer cycle of Energy-infusion, Consumption of this energy for formation and production, and eventual Disintegration. This greater cycle was consistent during the Ice-ages and dry spells experienced by Earth - periods when one could not identify a Spring season. Spring symbolizes