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. 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. 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. About the Book 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.
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