For over two thousand years, we have been told we have a soul—an immortal, divine essence that exists apart from our bodies, floating untethered from the material world. It is the foundation of Western religion, philosophy, and morality. It is also, as Ecocide argues, an illusion.

“The supposed soul is only an imaginary idea.”

And yet, this idea has shaped everything. Because we believe in an abstract, eternal soul, we devalue the body. Because we think we belong to an afterlife, we neglect the earth. Because we are told we are separate from nature, we exploit and destroy it without remorse.

This is not a harmless fantasy. It is the root of our ecological and psychological crisis. Ecocide traces how Plato’s notion of a disembodied soul infiltrated Christianity, justified dominion over nature, and gave birth to a culture that sees the physical world as expendable. It is why forests burn, oceans rise, and species vanish—because we have been trained to believe that our true home is elsewhere.

But what if we abandoned this illusion? What if we reclaimed the truth that we are not souls, but living, breathing bodies—part of nature, not above it?

Our survival depends on rejecting ancient myths and embracing reality. If you dare to rethink the foundations of Western thought, Ecocide is waiting for you. Read it, before the illusion consumes everything.