What is the bond between the human psyche and the living planet that
nurtured us, and all of life, into existence? What is the link between
our own mental health and the health of the greater biosphere? In this
bold, ambitious, philosophical essay (Publishers Weekly), historian and
cultural critic Roszak explores the relationships between psychology,
ecology, and new scientific insights into systems in nature. Drawing on
our understanding of the evolutionary, selforganizing universe, Roszak
illuminates our rootedness in the greater web of life and explores the
relationship between our own sanity and the largerthanhuman world. The
Voice of the Earth seeks to bridge the centuriesold split between the
psychological and the ecological with a paradigm which sees the needs of
the planet and the needs of the person as a continuum. The Earth's cry
for rescue from the punishing weight of the industrial system we have
created is our own cry for a scale and quality of life that will free us
to become whole and healthy. This second edition contains a new
afterword by the author.