Nature and the Human Soul, Bill Plotkin, PhD
Nature and the Human Soul, Bill Plotkin, PhD
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Nature and the Human Soul
Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

Author: Bill Plotkin, PhD

Narrator: Matthew Josdal

Unabridged: 25 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/19/2017

Synopsis

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 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.

About Bill Plotkin, PhD

Bill Plotkin, PhD, founder of Animas Valley Institute, describes himself as a "psychologist gone wild." A cultural visionary, author, and guide to the entwined mysteries of wilderness and psyche, he's been blazing new trails for decades. His ecocentric re-visioning of psychology invites us into a conscious and embodied relationship with soul and with the more-than-human world. His books include Wild Mind and Nature and the Human Soul. He lives in southwestern Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on March 17, 2009

When I was a young parent beginning to raise our young children, I was always told, "there's no instruction manual on how to raise a child." This book is it. And what makes it so great ... is that is not necessarily even the intent. It is a powerful book about how we can each live a "soul-centric" l......more

Goodreads review by Tami on April 15, 2008

As we move through life, we learn and grow. At each step along the way our perspective changes and what really important to us shifts. We've all experienced these transformations, first in childhood, then as an adolescent, and finally as an adult. Perhaps, what we don't realize is that we continue t......more

Goodreads review by Tristy on December 17, 2011

I've just finished reading this for the second time, and have gotten even more out of it than the first go-round. There are very few books that I put on my "try to read once a year" shelf and this is one of them. While there are several small aspects of the author's theories I don't agree with, over......more

Goodreads review by Briana on December 08, 2011

I'm more than halfway through a year-long study of this book. I find it incredibly thought provoking even in places where I disagree with the conclusions (which are relatively rare). He is talking from a hetero-normative perspective and needs some serious systems breaking to really get down to busine......more

Goodreads review by Andjelka on January 17, 2020

Quite possibly the most formative book I’ve ever read that speaks directly to this hunger and discontent I feel and yet hide so well. I know I’m not the only one. BRB while I digest and process the life changing insights about moving from adolescence into adulthood (hint: it has nothing to do with y......more

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