Soulcraft : crossing into the mysteries of nature and psyche
Plotkin, Bill, 1950-2003
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Place reservation for Soulcraft : crossing into the mysteries of nature and psycheWritten for people in search of their true selves--in particular those on the verge of adulthood and those at a major crossroads such as divorce or career change. Soulcraft provides a means of personal growth and self-empowerment. Exercises and insightful stories explain how to discover one's unique gift, or "soul purpose," to be shared with others. Drawing on ancient traditions, this vision quest serves as a modern rite of initiation.
Main title:
Soulcraft : crossing into the mysteries of nature and psyche / by Bill Plotkin.
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Imprint:
Novato, California : New World Library, 2003.copyright2003
Collation:
xxix, 368 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-354) and index.
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Weaving a Cocoon -- Introduction: A Trail Guide to Soul -- Part One: Severance -- Chapter 1: Carrying What Is Hidden as a Gift to Others -- Chapter 2: Groundwork: A Briefing for the Descent to Soul -- Spirit and Soul: Transpersonal Ascent and Descent -- The Collective Human Soul and the Human Archetypes -- Three Realms of Human Development: Ego Growth, Soul Embodiment, and Spirit Realization -- The Ego -- A Vision with a Task -- Soul: Your Place in the More-Than-Human World of Nature -- The Experience of Soul Loss -- Chapter 3: Sinking Back into the Source of Everything: The Call to Adventure -- Prologue to the Descent -- Leaving Your Summer House -- The Knock on the Door -- Going through the Door: Identifying and Responding to the Call -- The Herald -- Patterns -- Chapter 4: The Wanderer and the Second Cocoon -- The Wanderer -- The Second Cocoon -- Striding Deeper into the World -- What the Butterfly Knows -- Chapter 5: The Darkness Shall Be the Light: Practices for Leaving Home -- Honing the Skills of Self-Reliance -- The Survival Dance and the Sacred Dance -- Relinquishing Attachment to Your Former Identity -- Completing Unfinished Business from Earlier Life Stages -- Giving Up Addictions -- Welcoming Home the Loyal Soldier -- Healing Work with the Sacred Wound -- Learning to Choose Authenticity over Social Acceptance -- Making Peace with the Past: The Death Lodge -- Learning the Art of Disidentification through Meditation -- Part Two: Pathways to Soul Encounter -- Chapter 6: Recovering the Truth You Were Born With -- The Wanderer's Bag of Tools -- A Sampling of Pathways -- Soul Encounter versus Soul Initiation -- Soulcraft Teachers -- Chapter 7: Inner Work -- Soulcentric Dreamwork -- Deep Imagery -- Chapter 8: Communing with the Others -- Council Work -- Sacred Speech and Silence -- Trance Drumming and Rhythms -- Ecstatic Trance Dancing -- Ceremonial Sweats and Saunas -- Talking across the Species Boundaries: Dialogues with Nature -- Signs and Omens in Nature -- Animal Tracking and Other Methods of Skillful Nature Observation -- Chapter 9: Bridging Inner and Outer -- Self-Designed Ceremony -- Traditional Ceremonies, Rituals, and Nature Festivals -- Symbolic Artwork -- Journal Work -- The Discovery, Creation, and Use of Symbols and Sacred Objects -- The Use of Hallucinogens within Soulcraft Ceremonies -- Stories and Storytelling -- Myths and Other Sacred Stories -- Personal Myth Work -- Telling the Stories of Your Life -- Sensitive Listening and Mirroring -- Soul Poetry, Music, Chanting, and the Bardic Tradition -- Body Practices for Altering Consciousness -- Chapter 10: The Vision Quest and Soulcentric Ritual -- Circles of Stone -- The Visionary Encounter: Inner or Outer? -- Visionary Experience and Paradox -- Interplay between the Senses, Emotions, and Imagination -- Ego Destructuring, Lamenting, and Wilderness -- Lamenting -- Exposure to Wilderness -- The Power of Soulcentric Ritual -- Part Three: The Return -- Chapter 11: Cultivating a Soulful Relationship to Life: Part 1 -- The Art of Solitude -- Nature as Mirror -- Wandering in Nature -- The Art of Being Lost -- Befriending the Dark -- Living the Questions of Soul -- Chapter 12: Cultivating a Soulful Relationship to Life: Part 2 -- Confronting Your Own Death -- The Art of Shadow Work -- Withdrawing Projections -- The Art of Soulful Romance -- Mindfulness Practice -- Developing a Personal Relationship with Spirit -- Chapter 13: Living As If Your Place in the World Mattered -- Soul Initiation: Embracing Your One Wild and Precious Life -- A Sensuous Connection with Mysterious Images -- Wrapped in Sacred Cloth -- The Mystery and Difficulties of Coming to Know the Soul -- A Storm Is Coming: Unavoidable Trauma on the Way to Soul Encounter -- Demons and Guides -- Your Journey into the Wild -- The Conversation: Living Your Soul Gifts -- Hazardous Journeys: Polar Expeditions, War, and Soul Initiation --
ISBN:
9781577314226 (paperback)
Dewey class:
158.1
Language:
English
BRN:
345437
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 158.1 SOU | Available |
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