Soil & Spirit: Seeds of Purpose, Nature's Insight & the Deep Work of Transformational Change

by Ian C. Williams

Overview

Monumental challenges threaten the sixth mass extinction on planet Earth. From increasing rates of infertility and chronic disease to soil degradation and climate collapse, reviving civilization requires changemakers to step forward and lead with their own unique genius.

In Soil & Spirit, Ian C. Williams presents a simple solution: self-actualization. Solutions at scale begin with individuals organizing themselves. Ian guides the reader through that process via four primary landscapes: internal, social, external, and spiritual. These landscapes chart the path from personal to planetary transformation. Soil & Spirit is not only a message but a methodology for designing resilient landscapes, both inside and out. 

Creating a regenerative future means committing to self-cultivation. Once you learn to navigate the four primary landscapes and awaken to your life's core purpose, you become a catalyst for true cultural transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544538143
Publisher:	U&i LLC
Publication date:	02/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	244
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Ian C. Williams is an educator, speaker, and business advisor. Through mindfulness, systems thinking, and regenerative design, he empowers the growth and development of individuals and communities. As a business advisor, he fosters healthy organizational cultures through process optimization, wellness integration, and environmental restoration. He dedicates himself to humanitarian and environmental endeavors to generate systemic change for the common good. These core values are rooted in the waters and boreal forests of Minnesota, but a single, mystical experience prompted his awakening to spirit. This led him to a devoted path of service seeking justice for people and the planet.

Editorial Reviews

2023-09-22
Consultant and speaker Williams proposes potential methods to help lead humankind out of the ongoing climate crisis in this self-help book.

Drawing on the concepts of soul and soil, the author presents a book that urges readers early on to ponder the choices that humanity has made: “We have allowed agriculture to become industry,” he writes “We have allowed drinking water to become industry. We have allowed energy to become industry. The basic needs of human existence are commodities now bought and sold.” As a result, he points out, “Our current industrial agriculture system disrupts the planet’s epidermal layer, the topsoil.” To get out of this mess, Williams asserts, humans need to go back to a more natural way of life, and to accomplish this, he encourages readers to tap into “our unique genius, the worldly service that only we can offer,” using intuition to help determine the correct course. The writing relies heavily on vivid similes: “Emotions flit about like a butterfly moving from flower to flower, and the mind swings back and forth like a monkey in a tree.” Chapter headings include “Mindfulness,” “Energy Arts,” “The Four Building Blocks of Physical Health,” and “Learn Your Nature,” and he draws on his own experience in meditation and martial arts to clarify these concepts. Williams has chosen a timely and relevant topic for this self-help work. However, it may not be compelling enough to inspire deep change, as the author seems to acknowledge in an appendix, in which he writes that the book contains “useful theory and concepts, but [is] sometimes lacking in direct application.” He goes on to recommend AWAKEN Your Life’s Core Purpose Guidebook, another of his books; however, one may wish that the author had added exercises, journal prompts, and guided meditations to this work to give readers a deeper experience.

A motivational book that offers rich metaphors but few practical applications.

Kirkus Reviews