The forsaken garden : four conversations on the deep meaning of environmental illness

A publication supported by the Kern Foundation.

Introduction. The forsaken garden. Part 1 - Laurens van der Post - Redeeming the wasteland. Introduction: loss of soul. 1 What ails thee?. 2 The journey to wholeness. Epilogue - Three myths for our time. Part 2 - Marion Woodman - Abandoned souls, abandoned planet. Introduction - The archetypes and the earth. 1 Brought up to be gods. 2 No song to sing. 3 Surrendering to the mystery. 4 Ensouled on the planet. Epilogue - The deep meaning of environmental illness. Part 3 - Ross Woodman - Building Jerusalem. Introduction - Jerusalem: the vision of William Blake and the romantic poets. 1 Making love to your muse. 2 The tiger and the lamb. 3 Building Jerusalem. 4 New life in the dreaming earth. Epilogue - The global bodysoul. Part 4 - Thomas Berry - Abandoned planet, abandoned souls. Introduction - A culture of lost soul. 1 The myth of wonderworld. 2 The soul in nature. 3 The sacred universe. 4 Celebrating the universe. Epilogue - Re-visioning nature. Conclusion - Return to the garden

'When documentary filmmaker Nancy Ryley became ill, few people had heard of "environmental illness." Her symptoms--fatigue, depression, hypersensitivity to foods and chemicals--puzzled doctors and resisted treatment. Her illness, Nancy came to realize, is a reflection of the soul sickness of the planet. On a quest for healing for herself and for the Earth, Nancy talked in depth with four of the wisest elders we have: Laurens van der Post, conservationist and author; Marion Woodman, Jungian analyst; Ross Woodman, Professor, expert in Blake and the Romantics; and Thomas Berry, theologian and cultural historian. These eloquent conversations and the answers Nancy found will surprise you, make you think, and likely move you to the core.'

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