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A wild and sacred call : nature-psyche-spirit / Will W. Adams ; foreword by David R. Loy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Will W., author.
- Series:
- Suny series in transpersonal and humanistic psychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental psychology.
- Nature--Psychological aspects.
- Nature.
- Ecotheology.
- Spirituality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface: Deep Calls to Deep: Hallowing Our Relationship with Nature
- Introduction Transpersonal Ecopsychology by Way of Phenomenology and Contemplative Spirituality
- Overture
- Conscious Contact with the Natural World: It All Begins Here
- Introducing Ecopsychology
- Brief Overview of Chapters
- Placing Powerfully Charged Words in Context(s): Nature and the Natural World
- Research Method and Evidence: Hermeneutic Phenomenology
- The Emergence and Development of Ecopsychology
- Transpersonal (Eco)Psychology and Contemplative/Mystical Spirituality
- Spontaneous Mystical Experience and Formal Contemplative Practice
- Placing Powerfully Charged Words Context: Nature, Buddha-Nature, God, Being, Life
- Contemplating Nature, Being Nature, Loving Nature
- Chapter One Seeing Those Peach Blossoms Changed My Life: Keeping Joy, Wonder, and Gratitude Alive in Our Heart
- Stop, See, and Love
- Benefits of Conscious Contact with the Natural World: A Brief Survey
- Savoring Joy, Wonder, and Gratitude
- Love of Life, Love of Nature
- Joy as the Seed of Transpersonal Realization and Ethical Action
- This Is It!
- The Sacred Depths of the Obvious and Ordinary
- This (!) Is the Perfect Gateway
- Chapter Two The Ghost Bird's Haunting Cry: Letting Our Heart Break . . . Open
- We Are Annihilating Other Beings: Bearing Grief in Traumatic Times
- Hearkening the Ghost Bird's Call
- Empathy with Our Kindred Companions
- The Earth Is the Real Therapist
- Wisdom and Love in Heartbreak: Our Hearts Are Breaking . . . Open . . . for Others
- Death and Love
- Chapter Three All Real Living Is Meeting: Losing Nature, Losing Our Humanity
- Overture
- When Nature Suffers, Humans Suffer: Global Warming and Other Maladies
- Humans Are Relational Beings and We Are Losing Our Relationships
- Buddhist Psychology and the Interdependent Co-arising of Everyone's Existence
- A Paradigm Shift in Psychology: From Separation to Relationality
- Our Involvement with Nature Is a Real Relationship
- Listening to Nature as a Conversational Partner
- Loss of Nature, Loss of Humanity's Heart
- Monologue with Ourselves over Dialogue with Others
- Not Merely Change, but Impoverishment
- Chapter Four The Dissociative Madness of Modernity's Shadow: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Culture
- Stories of Separation and the Need for a Psycho-Spiritual-Cultural Therapy
- Today's Normal State of Affairs Is Pathological and Pathogenic
- The Social Construction of Our Relationship with Nature
- The World Is Made of Relationships, and Relationships Are Guided by Stories
- Sociocultural Oppression and the Pathology of Separation
- Overview of the Dominant Construction of the Human-Nature Relationship
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781438492070
- 1438492073
- Publisher Number:
- 40031614405
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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