Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse | Free Book
Drawing upon her deep experience as a life coach, Baker writes of the specific need to understand our key relationships in a society in collapse, and how to navigate through differing levels of acceptance of collapse, trauma, and grief. Key relationships include those with our partners, children, friends, neighbors, as well as relationships with our work, our bodies, our natural resources, food and eating, animals, future generations, Eros, and indeed, the powers of the universe.
Baker's writing is engaging, inspiring, and often beautiful in its depth and candor. She introduces a variety of spiritual practices facilitate our developing a relationship with the deeper Self. With these practices and giving and receiving support from others who are walking a similar path, we begin to live more frequently from the deeper Self, or at least are able to access it more quickly when we find ourselves becoming embroiled in the ego.
Table Of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Living, Loving, and Preparing With A Reluctant Partner
• Chapter 2: Children And Collapse
• Chapter 3: Friends, Neighbors, and The Community
• Chapter 4: Work and The Creative Soul
• Chapter 5: Our Relationship With Resources
• Chapter 6: Loving The Body As The World Falls Apart
• Chapter 7: Our Relationship With Food: Mindful Eating As A Spiritual Practice
• Chapter 8: Loving The Time Of Your Life
• Chapter 9: What An Animal You Are!
• Chapter 10: Darkness Matters
• Chapter 11: Ensconsed In Eros, Bathed In Beauty
• Chapter 12: Our Relationship With The Powers of The Universe
• Chapter 13: Near-Term Extinction And Waking Up To Death
• Chapter 14: Empire, I Wish I Knew How To Quit You
• Chapter 15: Grief And Love In A Culture Of Congestive Heart Failure
• Chapter 16: Our Relationship With Future Generations
In The Press
“Carolyn Baker has gifted us with a sane and courageous book that
reminds us that whatever future may await us, it will be shaped by our
capacity for connection. With an elder’s touch, she brings
imagination, insight, and wisdom to the territory of love, extending
our understanding of this essential experience far beyond our common
associations. This book shows us that the only way out is through, and
the only way through is together. In this late hour, Baker’s book is a
primer to help us navigate the challenging times ahead in
community.”
—Francis Weller, author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of
Grief
“Few writers today acknowledge the true extremity of the global crises
upon us today, much less the fears and grief that come up when we
confront our collective predicament. Exploring all the dimensions of
love—with partners, children, friends and neighbors, nature, our own
bodies, and more—Baker offers comprehensive counsel on preparing for
the coming Collapse by developing self-awareness, communication
skills, kindness, compassion, caring relationships, community, and
spiritual connection.”
—Molly Young Brown, coauthor with Joanna Macy of Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That
Reconnects
“Carolyn Baker has done a marvelous job reminding us of the central
place of relationship-building in our times of dire crisis and
collapse. Through her work we explore how love is the source of our
wisdom and the path to experience beauty amidst chaos. With words of
great acuity and clarity, Baker stirs the mind and comforts the
heart.”
—Chris Saade, author of
Second Wave Spirituality: Passion for Peace, Passion for Justice
“Love In The Age of Ecological Apocalypse discusses the myriad
relationships humans are capable of forming and demonstrates why they
are crucial at this time in our evolution. As catastrophic climate
change threatens to eliminate many species, including our own, our
relationships may determine how we live our lives and what we value
most when we are surrounded with loss and confronted with the
possibility of our own demise.”
—Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution
“With courage and grace, Baker tackles the issue of relationships as
the unraveling of civilization proceeds. Who do we become during hard
times? To whom do we relate, and how? This book demonstrates a path
forward during the challenging years ahead.”
—Guy R. McPherson, PhD, author of Going Dark
“Another brilliant, wise, pioneering book by Carolyn Baker. The vision
she is proposing here of sacred relationship is both sobering and
profoundly inspiring. Read this book and give it to everyone you
know.”
—Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A Guide To Sacred Activism
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