RECAPITULATING HERITAGE ECOLOGY AND CULTURAL CONSCIENCE

Heritage ecology, a way of knowing, is the line of thought that involves multidisciplinary and multi-code research and is deeply conditioned by beliefs about our built nature (landscape architecture) cultures, as well as the ways to follow the path of sustainable development. Heritage Ecology, conceived as the yoga of place, is allied to geomancy and linked to the Gaia theory, as well as the human psyche and the earth’s spirit. As a cultural resource, heritage represents the sacredscapes of mystic religious sites, built structures, historical monuments and the perceived natural scenarios and landscapes. Environmental problems arise from people living out of harmony with nature.
Heritage ecology can help research the cosmic integrity of our intrinsic value, which is deeply rooted in our cultural traditions and maintained through rituals, festivities, pilgrimages, and other associative religious activities.
Heritage resource conservation is a strategy of sustainable development. The spatial-religious view, cosmicmovement context, and human psyche together develop a theosphere called faithscape, which is more concerned with experiences and emotional bondage than mere speculations, observations, and participation. The manifested
power of sacralisation, regulated by ritualisation, ultimately promotes the cosmicising of the harmonic relation between human beings and the divine nature. In pilgrimage, deeper understanding, feeling and meaning are intertwined, and at one point, they become one. The question of moral ethics extends beyond human greed and interest at times; in fact, it provides a way for one to pass on a carrying heritage to future human generations. This
paper aims to revisit heritage ecology within the cultural conscience, envisioning a harmonious and happy world.