ecopsychology pioneers and their works

October 8, 2009

Tags: ecopsychology, Hillman, Plotkin, naturre, soul, web of life, Sarah Conn, Joanna Macy

Ted Roszak’s Voice of the Earth; James Hillman, Animal Dreams; Roszak, Hillman, et alia, Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind; Linda Buzzell, Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind; Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul; C.G.Jung, The Earth Has a Soul: Nature Writings; Michael Cohen, The Web of Life Imperative;plus Joanna Macy’s “Council of All Beings” and Sarah Conn’s (clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School) teachings.

The Underground Stream theme

September 27, 2009

Tags: courses, nature, writing, psychology, ecoliteracy, soul journeys, web of life, nurturance, kinship, light, waters

This year I will be offering courses in nature, writing, and psychology. Other words that describe what I want to offer are: ecoliteracy, soul journeys, web of life, nurturance, kinship, fields of light, waters of life, deep writing whether fiction or non.
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As Stanley Kunitz says in a poem, "We are partners in this land/co-signers of a covenant.

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My kitty, Sugah

Scene in Yellowstone Park near where I currently live.

Selected Works

nonfiction
Dreaming of Animals
"Animals show us in dreams what we need to do to heal ourselves and the Earth" - James Hillman
The Inner Lover
Using passion as a way to self-empowerment
National Audubon Society Almanac of the Environment/ The Ecology of Everyday Life
A compendium of articles, quotes, puzzles that show how our daily activities affect ecosystems. Published by Grosset/Putnam.
Tryin' To Get to You, The Story of Elvis Presley
That's me at age 15 - to Elvis' right
Frolic's Dance
The story of a snowshoe hare surviving in its community in Glacier Bay, Alaska. A Smithsonian Heritage Book.