Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Circle and Arc
The Wheel of Life and the Great Turning     1

Chapter 2
The Power of Place     29

Chapter 3
Overview of the Wheel of Life     49

Chapter 4
The Innocent in the Nest
Early Childhood (Stage 1)     75

Chapter 5
The Explorer in the Garden
Middle Childhood (Stage 2)     111

Chapter 6
The Thespian at the Oasis
Early Adolescence (Stage 3)     165

Chapter 7
The Wanderer in the Cocoon
Late Adolescence (Stage 4)     231

Chapter 8
The Soul Apprentice at the Wellspring
Early Adulthood (Stage 5)     301

Chapter 9
The Artisan in the Wild Orchard
Late Adulthood (Stage 6)     347

Chapter 10
The Master in the Grove of Elders
Early Elderhood (Stage 7)     383

Chapter 11
The Sage in the Mountain Cave
Late Elderhood (Stage 8)     411

Coda
The Eyes of the Future     443

Appendix: Summary of Eco-Soulcentric Development     459
Acknowledgments     463
Notes     467
Resources for Parents, Teachers, Teenagers, and Visionaries     489
Permission Acknowledgments     495
Index     499
About the Author     516
Animas Valley Institute     517