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Who’s Up for Building a Cathedral? Ecocentric Human Development, the Hero’s Journey, and Cultural Regeneration
Who’s Up for Building a Cathedral? Ecocentric Human Development, the Hero’s Journey, and Cultural Regeneration ~ Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. Animas Valley Institute A few months ago, Charles Eisenstein had, as is his wont, some rather [...]
The Realm of Purpose Least Realized (But Most Essential in Our Time of Radical, Global Change)
By Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. …There is only one life you can call your own and a thousand others you can call by any name you want. Hold to the truth you make every day [...]
Soul Encounter and Eco-Awakening: Two of the Essential Realms of Awakening Overlooked by Transpersonal Theorists and Teachers
By Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. There are several realms of awakening. Transcendence (conscious experience of or as Spirit or the Ultimate Mystery) may not be the most relevant, accessible, or beneficial for most people, especially in [...]
Wild Imagination
By Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. Descended from the indigenous hunter-gathers of the European arctic, I am an uprooted – or unrooted, or partially rooted – human being, currently re-homed in the American Southwest. Part [...]
Council of the Wild Gods – What is the Purpose of Humans on Earth
By Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. Bison grunted and rolled amidst sagebrush, stirring clouds of dust. I made a wide arc around the herd. A coyote sprung straight up and landed, like a cartoon, snout buried. Sandhill [...]
Cultivating Non-Conformity: The Muse, the Sacred Fool, and the Trickster
By Bill Plotkin To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson It is no measure of health to be well [...]
The Wild Human
By Bill Plotkin Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to [...]
Creating a Soulcentric Family Lifestyle in an Egocentric World
By Bill Plotkin To be soulcentric is to seek out the ways soul attempts to guide our relationships and individual development. It is to envision the principal goal of maturation to be the conscious discovery [...]
The Journey from Childhood to Adulthood: The Importance and Limitations of Rites of Passage
By Bill Plotkin Contemporary, Western society fails us during the transition from childhood to adulthood. Too many people reach their physical prime without ever attaining psychological maturity. Put plainly, in today’s world, growing up is [...]
Soulcentric Parenting of Preschool Children in an Egocentric World
By Bill Plotkin To be soulcentric is to seek out the ways soul attempts to guide our relationships and individual development. It is to envision the principal goal of maturation to be the conscious discovery [...]