Jeffrey T. Kiehl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231177184
- eISBN:
- 9780231541169
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231177184.001.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Climate
Facing Climate Change explains why people refuse to accept evidence of a warming planet and shows how to move past partisanship to reach a consensus for action. A climate scientist and licensed ...
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Facing Climate Change explains why people refuse to accept evidence of a warming planet and shows how to move past partisanship to reach a consensus for action. A climate scientist and licensed Jungian analyst, Jeffrey T. Kiehl examines the psychological phenomena that twist our relationship to the natural world and their role in shaping the cultural beliefs that distance us further from nature. He also accounts for the emotions triggered by the lived experience of climate change and the feelings of fear and loss they inspire, which lead us to deny the reality of our warming planet. But it is not too late. By evaluating our way of being, Kiehl unleashes a potential human emotional understanding that can reform our behavior and help protect the Earth. Kiehl dives deep into the human brain’s psychological structures and human spirituality’s imaginative power, mining promising resources for creating a healthier connection to the environment—and one another. Facing Climate Change is as concerned with repairing our social and political fractures as it is with reestablishing our ties to the world, teaching us to push past partisanship and unite around the shared attributes that are key to our survival. Kiehl encourages policy makers and activists to appeal to our interdependence as a global society, extracting politics from the process and making decisions about our climate future that are substantial and sustaining.Less
Facing Climate Change explains why people refuse to accept evidence of a warming planet and shows how to move past partisanship to reach a consensus for action. A climate scientist and licensed Jungian analyst, Jeffrey T. Kiehl examines the psychological phenomena that twist our relationship to the natural world and their role in shaping the cultural beliefs that distance us further from nature. He also accounts for the emotions triggered by the lived experience of climate change and the feelings of fear and loss they inspire, which lead us to deny the reality of our warming planet. But it is not too late. By evaluating our way of being, Kiehl unleashes a potential human emotional understanding that can reform our behavior and help protect the Earth. Kiehl dives deep into the human brain’s psychological structures and human spirituality’s imaginative power, mining promising resources for creating a healthier connection to the environment—and one another. Facing Climate Change is as concerned with repairing our social and political fractures as it is with reestablishing our ties to the world, teaching us to push past partisanship and unite around the shared attributes that are key to our survival. Kiehl encourages policy makers and activists to appeal to our interdependence as a global society, extracting politics from the process and making decisions about our climate future that are substantial and sustaining.
Jeffrey T. Kiehl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231177184
- eISBN:
- 9780231541169
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231177184.003.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Climate
A description of my personal journey from climate scientist to becoming a Jungian psychologist. An exploration of how Earth’s climate of the deep past relates to where the climate system is headed ...
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A description of my personal journey from climate scientist to becoming a Jungian psychologist. An exploration of how Earth’s climate of the deep past relates to where the climate system is headed over this century.Less
A description of my personal journey from climate scientist to becoming a Jungian psychologist. An exploration of how Earth’s climate of the deep past relates to where the climate system is headed over this century.
Jeanne Schul
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252039409
- eISBN:
- 9780252097492
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252039409.003.0011
- Subject:
- Music, Dance
In this chapter, the author examines somatic practices with dream images from the perspective of Jungian psychology. A registered somatic movement therapist and depth psychologist, the author ...
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In this chapter, the author examines somatic practices with dream images from the perspective of Jungian psychology. A registered somatic movement therapist and depth psychologist, the author reflects on her personal experiences of working two somatic dreams. In particular, she describes her application of the Shin Somatics approach to self-reference touch, teaching through touch, and dance improvisation, as she uses it when working with archetypal dreams. She discusses the relationship between the soma, somatic dreams, the chakra system, and archetypal imagery, and defines these terms in connection with the therapeutic exploration of dreams. She says soma includes the sensations that she experiences—while asleep and awake—that she can identify with her eyes closed. The author concludes by sharing how her work with somatic dreams and dancing the chakras has saved her life on more than one occasion, including her passage through a chaotic midlife crisis.Less
In this chapter, the author examines somatic practices with dream images from the perspective of Jungian psychology. A registered somatic movement therapist and depth psychologist, the author reflects on her personal experiences of working two somatic dreams. In particular, she describes her application of the Shin Somatics approach to self-reference touch, teaching through touch, and dance improvisation, as she uses it when working with archetypal dreams. She discusses the relationship between the soma, somatic dreams, the chakra system, and archetypal imagery, and defines these terms in connection with the therapeutic exploration of dreams. She says soma includes the sensations that she experiences—while asleep and awake—that she can identify with her eyes closed. The author concludes by sharing how her work with somatic dreams and dancing the chakras has saved her life on more than one occasion, including her passage through a chaotic midlife crisis.
