Adventures Through The Mind: Deep Ecology, Earth Connection, and The Miracle of Life

Deep Ecology, Earth Connection, and The Miracle of Life | Sky Otter/Bill Pfeiffer

Dec 31, 2021

Sky Otter (Bill Pfeiffer) joins us to talk about Deep Ecology, the problematic place we are in as a planet, and the profound healing potential still available to us, personally and collectively, through coming back into ecstatic communion and relationship with the Earth.

For links to Otter's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind156

***Full Topics Breakdown Below***

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Episode Breakdown

Deep ecology, alienation, and spiritual activism
The value of a spiritual connection to the earth
The trauma of disconnection, perpetuated
A civilization of misery and violence
Hatred against our greatest villains
Jeff Bezos is a hero (and a villain)
The profound grief of collapse; the profound miracle of being alive
What do we do about this? Deep Ecology
Skepticism and the separate-self
Changing our perceptual apparatus towards Connection and Mystery
A moving quote from John Seed
Finding balance in facing collapse 55 Feeling the pain of the earth; community holds the grief
Doing the best we can, even though it's nearly impossible
The role of psychedelic plants in healing our disconnection from nature
A ceremonial community of psychedelic practice is vital
Ceremonial maturity in our psychedelic practice
Befriending our parts through psychedelic mushrooms
Are psychedelics “tools”?
The fungi open us up to the ongoing revelation of nature.
Links to more of Bill/Sky’s work
Landscape Shamanism (course)
Bill’s dream for your life

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