These essays would interest people who wish to understand their own connection to nature, and also to those who want to understand their own inner nature much better.

The first two essays I wrote whilst doing my Masters of Applied Science in Social Ecology at the University of Western Sydney, in 1999 to 2001. The other essays I wrote whilst 'studying' Transpersonal Psychotherapy at The Crucible Centre in the Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney, 2002 to 2005.

Both these courses are very much experiential based, challenging the student's ways of thinking and being, and encouraging them to put those experiences into the subject of learning. Hence, these essays, especially those from The Crucible Centre, are very personal accounts of my own deep emotional experiences that, once dealt with, proved powerful catalysts for self transformation.

For those unfamiliar with ecopsychology and the Transpersonal it is best to read the essays chronologically from the top down, which gives a good account of the spiritual , mental, and emotional developments that have taken place in me.

I hope you find them of some interest....

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Sense of Place - Puts my 'adventure' stories into context with ecopsychology. Explores the connections between our inner selves and the outside environment.

The Nature of Truth - Examines the big issues of truth and morality in a destructive egocentric society.

Shadow & Projection - What is shadow and projection, and why won't they allow forgiveness?

Maslow, Adler, Lowenfeld - The educational ideas of Maslow, Adler, and Lowenfeld, and their theoretical position concerning Beingness and Creativity.

Eva Pierrakos - The Pathwork of Self Transformation.

Dark Night of the Soul - Mapping the soul's journey through depression, existential grief, and Purgation.