Nature and the human soul : cultivating wholeness and community in a fragmented world

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Label

Nature and the human soul : cultivating wholeness and community in a fragmented world

Title remainder

cultivating wholeness and community in a fragmented world

Statement of responsibility

Bill Plotkin

Creator

• Plotkin, Bill, 1950-

Subject

• Developmental psychology
• Electronic books
• Entwicklungspsychologie
• FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages | General
• Natur
• Developmental psychology
• Nature -- Psychological aspects
• PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental | General
• PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental | Lifespan Development
• PSYCHOLOGY -- General
• Nature -- Psychological aspects

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world, a blueprint for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. If it is true, as Plotkin and others observe, that we live in a culture dominated by adolescent habits and desires, then the enduring societal changes we so desperately need won?t happen until we individually and collectively evolve into an engaged, authentic adulthood. With evocative language and personal stories, including those of elders Thomas Berry and Joanna Macy, this book defines eight stages of human life? Innocent, Explorer, Thespian, Wanderer, Soul Apprentice, Artisan, Master, and Sage? and describes the challenges and benefits of each. Plotkin offers a way of progressing from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric, soul-based one that is sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate. At once a primer on human development and a manifesto for change, Nature and the Human Soul fashions a template for a more mature, fulfilling, and purposeful life? and a better world

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

155

Index

index present

LC call number

BF713

LC item number

.P585 2008eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography