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The Great Red Oak
20. The Great Red Oak
This magnificent 400-year-old red oak stood until recently on the bank
of the Hudson River. The 200-million-year geological formation known as the
Palisade escarpment is across the Hudson River from the tree. The tree was
in the backyard of the house where Thomas Berry studied and wrote for a number
of years. He taught us to move from a human-centered to an earth-centered
norm of reality and value, so that, in these transitional times, we may discover
our authentic role in the great work required of us as a result of our new
understanding of the depth of human belonging to the earth and universe.