Ralph Metzner

Green Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth

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Produktbeschreibung

A visionary ecopsychologist examines the rift between human beings and nature and shows what can be done to bring harmony to both the ecosystem and our own minds. • Shows that the solution to our ecological dilemma lies in our own consciousnesses. It is becoming more and more apparent that the causes and cures for the current ecological crisis are to be found in the hearts and minds of human beings. For millennia we existed within a religious and psychological framework that honored the Earth as a partner and worked to maintain a balance with nature. But somehow a root pathology took hold in Western civilization--the idea of domination over nature--and this led to an alienation of the human spirit that has allowed an unprecedented destruction of the very systems which support that spirit. In Green Psychology Ralph Metzner explores the history of this global pathology and examines the ways that we can restore a healing relationship with nature. His search for role models takes him from shamanic ceremonies with the Lacandon Maya of Mexico to vision quests in the California desert, from the astonishing nature mysticism of Hildegard von Bingen to the Black Goddesses and Green Gods of our pagan ancestors. He examines the historical roots of the split between humans and nature, showing how first sky-god worshiping cultures, then monotheisms, and finally mechanistic science continued to isolate the human psyche from the life-giving Earth. His final chapters present a solution, showing that disciplines such as deep ecology and ecofeminism are creating a worldview in which the mind of humanity and the health of the Earth are harmoniously intertwined.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594775185
• Artikelnr.: 49184168

Autorenporträt

Ralph Metzner (19362019) obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Harvard University, where he collaborated with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert on psychedelic research. He was Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and president and co-founder of the Green Earth Foundation. Dr. Metzner is the author of numerous books, including Overtones and Undercurrents, Searching for the Philosophers' Stone, and Green Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword-Theodore Roszak
Introduction
1 The True, Original First World
2 Gaia's Alchemy: Ruin and Renewal of the Earth
3 A Vision Quest Experience
4 Mystical Greenness: The Visions of Hildegard von Bingen
5 The Role of Psychoactive Plant Medicines
6 Psychopathology of the Human-Nature Relationship
7 Historical Roots of the Split between Humans and Nature
8 Sky Gods and Earth Deities
9 The Black Goddess, the Green God, and the Wild Human
10 Reunification of the Sacred and the Natural
11 Transition to an Ecological Worldview
12 The Place and the Story
Epilogue-John Seed
Notes
Bibliography
Index