num_pages: 528
description: 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.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 ego centric aggressively competitive consumer society to an eco centric 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.
language: English
title: Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
publisher: New World Library