TY - BOOK AU - Levinovitz, Alan TI - Natural: the seductive myth of nature's goodness SN - 9781788161992 U1 - 113 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Profile Books KW - Philosophy of nature N1 - Part I. Myth. In the beginning -- The true vine -- States of nature -- Part II. Ritual. Hey Bear! -- Let food be thy medicine -- Deepak Chopra's condo -- Part III. Law. The invisible hand -- The rhythm -- God-given talent -- Afterword: Salvation N2 - Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol - our oldest, most persistent superstition. In this sparking and mind-expanding essay, a scholar of religion shows where that ancient delusion came from and how we can at last break free of it ER -