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Rites of Passage, Natures Role in Human Development W/Roger Duncan
Episode 748
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🎙️🎙️🎙️Roger Duncan
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Aloha, my friends! Today, I’m incredibly honored to introduce a truly visionary guest, one whose work fuses the wisdom of nature with the depth of human psychology. Roger Duncan is not only a trained biologist and Waldorf teacher but a guide of profound rites of passage in the wilderness. With thirty years of experience, Roger has walked the wild paths of both nature and human transformation, bridging the gap between our internal worlds and the natural environment that sustains us.
Roger’s journey took him through pioneering roles at Ruskin Mill Education Trust, where he crafted therapeutic education programs for complex adolescents, immersing them in the transformative power of woodlands and wilderness settings. As a Systemic Family Therapist, Roger now works within the NHS and in private practice, guiding individuals, families, and organizations to find innovative, nature-infused paths to healing and growth.
But Roger doesn’t stop there—he is the author of Nature in Mind, a groundbreaking book that examines the deep-seated madness at the heart of our modern world: a world that has severed its connection to the ecosystems that sustain us. His writing is a clarion call for reclaiming our indigenous relationship with nature, a topic he champions through webinars and immersive courses in eco-psychotherapy.
With a career dedicated to blending systemic thinking with ecological mindfulness, Roger is at the forefront of a movement that seeks to heal both the individual and the collective by reconnecting us to the earth. Today, he joins us to share his insights, wisdom, and the healing potential of the imaginal world.
Please welcome, Roger Duncan.
The Madness of Modernity & Ecological Crisis
 1. In Nature in Mind, you describe a “madness at the core of the developed world.” Can you elaborate on this? How has our disconnection from nature led to both psychological and ecological collapse?
 2. Many see environmental destruction as an external issue, but you argue it’s deeply tied to human mental health. What psychological wounds mirror the wounds of our planet?
 3. How do you respond to those who say modern civilization is “progress” while ignoring the destruction it leaves in its wake?
Reclaiming the Imaginal & Indigenous Wisdom
 4. You emphasize the need to bring “experiential encounters with the imaginal world” into mainstream culture. What is the imaginal world, and how can reconnecting with it heal us?
 5. Ancient and indigenous cultures saw the land as alive, full of spirit and wisdom. How can modern people, lost in technology and consumerism, reawaken this relationship?
 6. Do you believe Western psychology is fundamentally incomplete without an ecological and mythological perspective?
Eco
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