Carolina QuotesThe more we emphasize teaching a merely Right-Hand map of systems theory or a Gaia Web of Life, instead of equally emphasizing the importance of interior development from egocentric to sociocentric to worldcentric, then the more we are contributing to Gaia's demise.
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- Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (1995, 2000)
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- 1995
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