About Geosophy

A brief overview of what Geosophy means, who I am and what to expect from this Substack.

Hi, I'm Devayani Khare. I was always fascinated by wild, open spaces and to think that landscapes contained clues to the past and present led me to elect geomophology (a study of the evolution of landscapes) for my Masters. I also studied ecology and natural resource management. With these interests, I believe landscapes are about memories - those captured in or imprinted upon rocks, the genetic legacy of biodiversity, and the echoes of human history. I hope to be able to capture and convey this 'persistence of memory' through the Geosophy newsletters.

The Geosophy newsletter launched in June 2021, and while it had hoped to be a monthly digest, it has been difficult to make time between my full-time work (as a communications consultant for plastic pollution advocacy), travels, and social life.

I believe, we are all geographers - our human institutions: history, society, economy, politics, culture, and art, are all connected to the Earth (perhaps more than we realise). This newsletter will try to connect the dots between some of these while highlighting how geoscience is at the heart of everything!

Not surprising then, that I stumbled on the word 'Geosophy' for the newsletter. Geosophy means ‘the wisdom of the Earth’, and it was coined to represent the study of geography in the context of how people perceive and understand it. It explains how human interactions are shaped by the Earth’s environments, and vice versa. In rare instances, the word ‘geosophy’ is also used to denote ‘the study of the mysteries of the Earth’.

I have a website where I publish the Geosophy articles and compile a list of book recommendations via GoodReads:

I have recently migrated from Mailchimp to Substack, and have imported my past posts here. (I’ll look into how I can import the book list.)

That’s all for now folks, hope you find this space interesting!

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