Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche by Bill Plotkin (English) Paperback

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Depth psychologist Plotkin describes himself as a "psychologist gone wild." As a cultural visionary, author, and wilderness guide, he's been breaking trail for decades. Plotkin's revisioning of psychology invites readers into a conscious and embodied relationship with the more-than-human world.

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Our human psyches possess astonishing resources that wait within us, but we might not even know they exist until we discover how to access them and cultivate their powers, their untapped potentials and depths. Wild Mind identifies these resources — which Bill Plotkin calls the four facets of the Self, or the four dimensions of our innate human wholeness — and also the four sets of fragmented or wounded subpersonalities that form during childhood. Rather than proposing ways to eliminate our subpersonalities (which is not possible) or to beat them into submission, Plotkin describes how to cultivate the four facets of the Self and discover the gifts of our subpersonalities. The key to reclaiming our original wholeness is not merely to suppress psychological symptoms, recover from addictions and trauma, or manage stress but rather to fully embody our multifaceted wild minds, commit ourselves to the largest, soul-infused story we're capable of living, and serve the greater Earth community.

Author Biography

Bill Plotkin, PhD, founder of Animas Valley Institute, describes himself as a "psychologist gone wild." A cultural visionary, author, and guide to the entwined mysteries of wilderness and psyche, he's been blazing new trails for decades. His ecocentric re-visioning of psychology invites us into a conscious and embodied relationship with soul and with the more-than-human world. His previous books are Soulcraft and Nature and the Human Soul. He lives in southwestern Colorado.

Review

"Bill Plotkin's Wild Mind ushers in a new era of depth psychology....To study it is to pass through a magical gateway into one's unique role within the Great Work that Earth is calling us to."— Brian Thomas Swimme, coauthor with Thomas Berry of The Universe Story"Here, Bill Plotkin guides us into a landscape where we recognize the extraordinary gifts of our own true nature. Through his Nature-Based Map of the Human Psyche we can find not only our powers of leadership, joy, sensuality, and renewal, but also the dragons of self-deception whose energies we can liberate for the healing of our world."— Joanna Macy, coauthor of Active Hope"In Wild Mind, Bill Plotkin maps the relationship between the human psyche and the rest of nature — a task akin to painting a detailed portrait of a tree in a stiff wind. As in his other books, Plotkin writes with grace, eloquence, and humor. And through this brave effort to capture the wind, he makes an enormous contribution to our species."— Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods

Review Quote

"Plotkin brings forth a new model for the whole of human life and spirituality in our world . . . . [He] offers an essential, weighty book for our perilous times." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review of Nature and the Human Soul )

Details ISBN1608681785 Author Bill Plotkin Publisher New World Library Language English ISBN-10 1608681785 ISBN-13 9781608681785 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1950 Year 2013 Short Title WILD MIND Imprint New World Library Subtitle A Field Guide to the Human Psyche Place of Publication Novato, CA Country of Publication United States DEWEY 158.1 AU Release Date 2013-04-16 NZ Release Date 2013-04-16 US Release Date 2013-04-16 UK Release Date 2013-04-16 Pages 320 Publication Date 2013-04-16 Audience General We've got this

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