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Elizabeth E. Meacham, Ph.D., is an environmental philosopher, teacher, healer, spiritual mentor, and musician. She is the founder and codirector of the Lake Erie Institute for Holistic Environmental Education. Her workshops and training courses offer initiatory experiences that reflect her long-term engagement as a student of the Earth and Cosmos. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Foreword by Christopher M. Bache Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction: Waking Up to Earth From Earth-Connection to Earth-Care Slowing Down Earth Spirit Dreaming: Three Steps for Re-Visioning Our Planetary Stories 2. How to Use This Book: Growing the Gifts of Ecological Consciousness Working with This book Daily Practice of Rituals A Method for Discovering Magic Prepare, Prepare, Prepare Coming Home 3. Everything Is Connected: A Brief Introduction to Visionary Environmental Thought A Shifting Sense of Self: From Separation to Care and Connection The Participatory Worldview From Environmental Theory to Earth-Connecting Practices Part 2: Earth-Connecting Practices 4. Earth-Connecting: The First Step of Earth Spirit Dreaming Transforming Sustenance Developing Earth-Connected Consciousness 5. Coming to Our Senses: Slowing Down, Tuning In, Waking Up Doing Nothing Cultivating Boredom 6. Cultivating Ecomindfulness: Increasing Our Conscious Connection with Nature Ecomindfulness Practices 7. Returning to the Land: Connecting with the Rhythms and Cycles of Nature My Special Place: The Chagrin River 8. Nature Art Rituals: Earth-Connecting through Creativity Nature Art Rituals in Sacred Places Part 3: Spirit-Connecting Practices 9. Spirit-Connecting: Working with Light and Vibrational Reality Portals to Guides in Vibrational Reality Incorporating Revelation into the Everyday Raising Vibrations: A Full-Time Job 10. Sacred Space and Preparation for Working with Light How to Know Vibrational Reality 11. Opening to Vibrational Reality 12. Karmic Eddies: Personal Vibrational Healing Part 4: Dream-Connecting Practices 13. Dream-Connecting: Creating New Stories in Vibrational Reality Dreaming as Co-Creation Vibrational Experience in Western Cultures Magic, Imagination, and the Quantum Self River Light 14. Sacred Rituals: Pathways to Re-Dreaming the World Western Earth-Honoring Sacraments Creating Rituals for Earth Spirit Dreaming 15. Dreaming with Mandalas: Journeying with Sacred Circles Reading the Oracle 16. Dancing with the Ancestors: Cultivating Shamanic Experience Why Do We Say Shaman? Trance States for Extrasensory Perception Ask for Help from Your Spirit Guides Conclusion: Re-Visioning the World One Dream at a Time We Are the Storytellers Changing Our Stories Following Love – Re-Visioning Earth List of Exercises Reference Notes Selected Reading Acknowledgments About the Author
