Risky business - Stephen J. Foster

What is our relationship with nature and the Nature archetype? Can we deepen our understanding of the implications of environmental disasters through an exploration of myths that illustrate the results of greed and environmental destruction? Is there a way to clean up our act? Stephen Foster is uniquely positioned to address these questions because of his expertise in both environmental cleanup and Jungian psychology. Drawing on Jungs complex theory and work on archetypes, Foster combines his background working as a scientist on hazardous waste cleanup projects and his training as a Jungian analyst to examine the psychological problems of toxic environmental spills. Specific toxic spill case studies illustrate how the Self can work within a group to resolve conflict.