Ecopsychology and Mirror Worlds

[aisa0]

The field of ecopsychology concerns healing one's sense of disconnectedness and curing mental illness by exposure to the natural world. There is a related meme that I have encountered, which is that our destruction of the natural world reflects a mental illness of self-destruction in ourselves. That our attitude and treatment of other people

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[lupagreenwolf]

To my knowledge, the concept came from ecopsychology--though it may be found in some of Roszak's source material. I haven't done enough in-depth research yet to know for sure, but if it didn't come originally from ecopsych, it came through it.

[aisa0]

After brainstorming more on it last night, I think I was likely reading second-hand sources that drew ideas from Ecofeminism, at least in combination with ecopsychology.

Thank you for lending your expertise to my answer, I'm glad to have a double check to make sure I'm aware of which sources I'm getting my memes from.

[samiraalthores]

There is a strong thread of ecopsych running through Emerson's transcendental works as well as the works of Jung.

I've been reading Meister Eckhart's works from the late 13th and early 14th centuries; there is a strong current of pantheism in his writings.

Wait. I'm equating pantheism with ecopsych. Are they similar?

[aisa0]

Ecopsychology and pantheism are similar, yes. I think that ecopsychology is a framework of practice and research in the field of psychology, whereas pantheism is the underlying philosophical and religious movement.

[laughingstone]

thanks for posting this. i realized i needed to go to the mountains! it was needed therapy. :)

*kisses*

[aisa0]

Yay mountains! One thing I like about cycling regularly is that it means I'm outdoors regularly. That doesn't make up for actually going out to the wilderness for a hike. I've been antsy to do that all winter.

*kisses*