Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Lyall Watson
Born: April 12, 1939
Died: June 25, 2008 (aged 69)
Bio: Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many new age books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature.
Known for:
- Lifetide: The Biology of the Unconscious (1979)
- Gifts of Unknown Things (1976)
- Beyond supernature (1986)
- Elephantoms (2001)
- Dark Nature: A Natural History of Evil (1995)