stark ranting

Awe is hard to put into words. But it certainly involves a sense of the mightiness and splendor and almost indecipherable intricacy of something greater than ourselves. A lot of religious mysticism arises directly from it. But it's equally experienced by the secularist whose mind opens to the splendor and intricacy of the material universe.

The quote is from a Salon interview with Edward O. Wilson. I intended to write something along those lines as a follow up to my post about Enlightenment. I still hope to write something, but for now I'll simply say that the above interview is a must read.