Bill Plotkin: Soul Initiation, a New Thinking Allowed program

Bill Plotkin, PhD, is the founder of the Animas Valley Institute in Durango, CO. He is author of Soulcraft: Crossing Into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche, Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World, Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche, and The Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries.
Here he explains his use of the term "soul" as relating to an individual's unique ecological niche in mythopoetic terms. He points out that soul initiation is not the same as a vision quest, a hero's journey, psychotherapy, nor a rite of passage. It can be a very lengthy process involving a dissolution of the ego. He shares many details of the process, relating it to the biological transformation of a caterpillar to butterfly. He also describes Carl Gustav Jung's soul initiation as documented in the Red Book.
New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited, American university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980).
(Recorded on February 24, 2021)
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[@HolyCowMoments]

It is such a joy to hear about this new approach in attempting to understand the healing process of individuals and therefore humanity… I love how Bill describes the guiding process as one of learning from the initiates. Also the approach to dreams to so wonderfully refreshing; resonating with me. Thank you Jeffery for bringing the new frontiers of understanding soul and spirit into focus by inviting people like Bill and others to this platform where they are available and visible. ❤️🌹

[@c.e.m7535]

Heck yeah. Thank you Bill. Just downloaded your audiobooks. Looking forward to connecting the dots in conjunction with your insight & research. Thank you Sir.

[@yakovleitner]

i bought this book after i watched this interview. i realized the situation im in thanks to this video. it literally saves me during the process

[@edwardjrutyna2838]

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[@ketherwhale6126]

I think you are correct in that observation. It’s good to know someone isn’t just letting the brainwashing lead them. Hero’s Journey and social responsibility through belief in a life’s purpose. Those are partially true. It’s the inherent self discovery and enjoyment of what fills your soul as an individual and what you have a ease and talent with. So some Self actualization would be key. After you individuate you can accept the psyche for all its worth better. You are the dreaming of the dream.

[@amandayorke481]

I'm intrigued ... I wrote you once about a series of dreams I've had, about finding my true home.

[@floydwilkes9904]

I would venture to say that growing soul is not only a project requiring many years but alas many lifetimes

[@livefromplanetearth]

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[@ketherwhale6126]

Please read Kether. A book about a whale. Fable style for kids.

[@chancerobinson5112]

Your soul, which is your imagination, is God-sourced and beyond definition. It comes through you as Art, Mathematics, and Music. It is not of you.

[@lean768]

Fraud

[@Robb3348]

How Odd of God to Applaud a Fraud

[@ozdoits]

Oh me too! I'm a fraud! Me me me me!

[@ozdoits]

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