Eros of erosion: The shaping of an archetypal geology

Abstract

This chapter wanders resolutely into the deepening process of erosion as a personal, cultural, and psychological phenomenon. Erosion unmasks denial, cracks our petrification, and thaws our psychic numbing, shaping, and sculpting us into the essence of being. Through erosion's relentless love, its elemental symptoms reveal our pathologies by shaking our foundations, washing us down, burning us out, blowing us away, or stunning us with vast silences. This chapter scouts ways to seep back into nature's sources bringing about the ecological restoration of disconnection. It introduces an archetype of geology, a geo-logic catalyzed by the process of erosion itself. By sustaining a glimpse of ourselves as deeply earthed creatures, we can feel our way back into lost natures. In the fast-changing world, this wisdom can guide us toward action and adaptation to the ecological crisis we are faced with.