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Green Psychology: Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth

Ralph Metzner

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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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Other editions: Softcover - 2005, Softcover - 2001, Hardcover - 1999, Softcover - 1998, Softcover - 1995, Softcover - 1994, Softcover - 1993, Softcover - 1986, Hardcover - 1986, 1979