The Mind as Nature express Loren Eiseley's conviction that the mind of man reflects and parallels the creativity of the natural universe that genius is a manifestation of the same mysterious force that brings out of the unguessable fields of night the particles of energy which, in combination, form both galaxies and the living matter which haunts them. His book explores the teacher's role in relation to the dissemination of new ideas in society, as well as the educator's function as a stabilizer and protector of custom.