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An ode to Earth Hour, excerpted from Lewis Lapham, Winter 2010 LQ

“A religion still hidden, like the yeast in the measures of meal, in
the secular disguise of environmentalism. The foundational metaphysics
already have been incorporated into rituls of devout observance. The
worshipful recyclings of eggshells; the eating of free-range chickens
and organic heirloom tomatoes signifies the partaking in a feast of
communion. Like the Councils of Nicaea and Trent, international
conferences addressed to the problem of climate change seek to clarify
the existence of the Holy Ghost. The miracle is the rabbit, not the
pulling of the rabbit out of a hat.”

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