Examples are the ancient empires of classical Africa, Greece and Rome.
We have extended this definition to include religious texts of the same general period and geographical area, such as the Essene Dead Sea Scrolls, the Gnostic Nag Hammadi Library and other documents, and the Philokalia, writings of the early Eastern Church of c. 300-1400. The attempt is made to look into the deeper spirit of nature. Any of the great teachers of this century who do not have their own categories are included here. Matthew Fox, a recently expelled Dominican monk. Creation Spirituality teaches pantheism, the belief that divinity permeates all things.