Flint Public Library (Middleton)

Belonging, remembering ourselves home, Toko-pa Turner

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Belonging

bibliography

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Toko-pa Turner

remembering ourselves home

"We live in one of the most connected times on earth but never before have we been so lonely, so alienated from each other, from ourselves, and from the natural world. Whether this manifests as having difficulty finding community, feeling anxiety about your worthiness and place in the world, or simply feeling disconnected, the absence of belonging is the great silent wound of our times. Most of us think of belonging as a place outside of ourselves, that if we keep searching for, that maybe one day we'll find it. But what if belonging isn't a place at all, but a set of skills, or competencies, that we in modern times have lost or forgotten. In Belonging, Toko-pa explores the origins of our estrangement, how that alienation affects the choices we make as individuals, and as a culture, and what are those skills to which we can apprentice ourselves, to restore a sense of belonging in our lives, and in our world."--Author's website

Something greater -- Origins of estrangement -- The death mother -- False belonging -- The inner marriage -- Initiations by Exile -- The symbolic life -- Trekking the creative wild -- The dark guests -- Pain as sacred ally -- Holy longing -- Competencies of belonging -- Handmaking a life -- Bearing the pleasure -- The invitational presence -- Storywells and songlines -- Tending a village -- Reciprocity with nature -- Conclusion