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In the face of collapse, neither polyanna nor doomer

By Dianne Monroe | February 24, 2014

collapsed pyramid

Carolyn Baker writes with passion, insight and courage about a topic that most people turn away from – the emotional, psychological and spiritual aspect of what she and many others call "collapse." Collapse is the convergence in our times of economic unraveling, resource depletion and human created climate instability that could bring the destruction of the world economy, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Barbara Ehrenreich, Carolyn Baker, collapse, emotions, Joanna Macy, positive thinking

Can we really walk away from empire?

By Carolyn Baker | August 16, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to engage in conversation with Guy McPherson about a number of topics and subsequently began reading his book Walking Away From Empire, Guy’s personal journey of leaving a tenured professorship to radically alter his living arrangements in preparation for the collapse of industrial civilization. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this touching, inspiring, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Politics Tagged With: Carl Jung, Carolyn Baker, Charles Eisenstein, Enlightenment, Guy McPherson, mysticism

Men, women, collapse and conflict

By Carolyn Baker | June 26, 2013

tribal couple

As I reflect on my travels and interactions during the past year, one theme persists in my conversations with folks about collapse. Whereas the most burning questions used to relate to timelines and the speed of collapse, what I now hear more about these days is a nearly bottomless pit of longing so many people have to be held in some kind of community where one need not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Carl Jung, Carolyn Baker, collapse, Dagaaba people, near-term extinction, sexuality, soul

The natural limits of confronting our limits

By Carolyn Baker | May 31, 2013

television after the collapse

LOAVES AND FISHES This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, and the radio, and the blurred screen. This is the time of loaves and fishes. People are hungry, and one good word is bread for a thousand. -David Whyte It’s Memorial Day, 2013, and I’m awaiting my flight to Denver from Baltimore. This year, re-entry from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Age of Limits, Carolyn Baker, David Whyte, economic collapse, Mary Oliver, psychology

Give me that doom time religion

By Erik Curren | June 4, 2012

forest

I don't usually think of people interested in peak oil, climate change and economic collapse as particularly religious. "Spiritual" maybe -- Sufi dancing and Lakota Vision Quests are OK and agnosticism is better. But peak preppers are usually not the kind of folks you'd expect to see in the pews on Sunday at First Presbyterian. The Age of Limits conference held at the end of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Carolyn Baker, Christianity, Dmitri Orlov, economic collapse, Gail Tverberg, John Michael Greer, New Age spirituality

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