Jeff Leonardi is a retired Anglican priest who was for 17 years Bishop’s Adviser for Pastoral Care and Counselling in the Lichfield Diocese of the Church of England. He has been a qualified Person-centred Counsellor for the past forty years, and has a PhD in the spirituality of Person-centred Counselling in relation to Christian spirituality, and the implications for Christian ministry and pastoral practice. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow of the Religious Experience Research Centre at the University of Wales Trinity St David at Lam-peter, undertaking a joint research project into relational spirituality with Professor Bettina Schmidt. He has chapters in J.Moore and C. Purton (eds.) 2006 Spirituality and Counselling: Experiential and Theoretical Perspectives, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye; and C. Lago and D. Charura (eds.) 2016 The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: Origins, Developments and Current Applications, Open University Press, Maidenhead. He is the editor of The Human Being Fully Alive: Writings in Celebration of Brian Thorne, 2010, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye. John Reader was Senior Research Fellow of the William Temple Foundation and Senior Tutor for the Christian and Rural Environmental Studies Course hosted by Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He published 6 solo books and co-edited or with chapters in a further 16. Recent publications include “A Philosophy of Christian Materialism” (co-written with Baker and James) “Theology and New Materialism” (Palgrave Radical Theologies series) and “Postdigital Theologies: Technology, Belief and Practice” (co-edited with Savin-Baden). John died suddenly in October 2023.

• Table of ContentsPreface viiAcknowledgements viiiIntroduction 1, Jeff LeonardiPart I: Setting the scene 151 Knowing and un-knowing: Extending the spectrum of meaning to include what really matters 17, Jeff Leonardi2 Connecting with nature and spiritual experience 36, John ReaderPart II: How spirituality deepens our understanding 573 Spiritual experiences of interconnectedness 59, Marianne Rankin4 Julian of Norwich and spiritual depth: Spiritual experience and relational intimacy 77, Robert Fruehwirth5 Beloved on the earth: Buddhist and person-centred perspectives on the ecological crisis 97, Becky Seale6 Spiritual experiences and counselling 115, William WestPart III: Bringing the human being into relationship with the environment 1297 How is the marriage of Heaven and Earth going? Spirituality, health and the environment in Brazil 131, Marta Helena de Freitasadmin8 La Pachamama’s soul: Understanding eco-spirituality through archetypal intersubjectivity 151, Hannah Armbrust9 Wellbeing is the feeling of being ‘one with the world and my surroundings’: Reflection about the environmental dimension of wellbeing in Brazil 165, Bettina E. Schmidt10 Biosynergy and person-centered psychology of ecospiritual well- becoming: Creative Biosynergy of persons, species, societies and ecosystems sanctifies earth’s biosphere 184, Anthony L. RoseIndex 209

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Jeff Leonardi is a retired Anglican priest who was for 17 years Bishop’s Adviser for Pastoral Care and Counselling in the Lichfield Diocese of the Church of England. He has been a qualified Person-centred Counsellor for the past forty years, and has a PhD in the spirituality of Person-centred Counselling in relation to Christian spirituality, and the implications for Christian ministry and pastoral practice. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow of the Religious Experience Research Centre at the University of Wales Trinity St David at Lam-peter, undertaking a joint research project into relational spirituality with Professor Bettina Schmidt. He has chapters in J.Moore and C. Purton (eds.) 2006 Spirituality and Counselling: Experiential and Theoretical Perspectives, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye; and C. Lago and D. Charura (eds.) 2016 The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: Origins, Developments and Current Applications, Open University Press, Maidenhead. He is the editor of The Human Being Fully Alive: Writings in Celebration of Brian Thorne, 2010, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye. John Reader was Senior Research Fellow of the William Temple Foundation and Senior Tutor for the Christian and Rural Environmental Studies Course hosted by Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He published 6 solo books and co-edited or with chapters in a further 16. Recent publications include “A Philosophy of Christian Materialism” (co-written with Baker and James) “Theology and New Materialism” (Palgrave Radical Theologies series) and “Postdigital Theologies: Technology, Belief and Practice” (co-edited with Savin-Baden). John died suddenly in October 2023.

• Table of ContentsPreface viiAcknowledgements viiiIntroduction 1, Jeff LeonardiPart I: Setting the scene 151 Knowing and un-knowing: Extending the spectrum of meaning to include what really matters 17, Jeff Leonardi2 Connecting with nature and spiritual experience 36, John ReaderPart II: How spirituality deepens our understanding 573 Spiritual experiences of interconnectedness 59, Marianne Rankin4 Julian of Norwich and spiritual depth: Spiritual experience and relational intimacy 77, Robert Fruehwirth5 Beloved on the earth: Buddhist and person-centred perspectives on the ecological crisis 97, Becky Seale6 Spiritual experiences and counselling 115, William WestPart III: Bringing the human being into relationship with the environment 1297 How is the marriage of Heaven and Earth going? Spirituality, health and the environment in Brazil 131, Marta Helena de Freitasadmin8 La Pachamama’s soul: Understanding eco-spirituality through archetypal intersubjectivity 151, Hannah Armbrust9 Wellbeing is the feeling of being ‘one with the world and my surroundings’: Reflection about the environmental dimension of wellbeing in Brazil 165, Bettina E. Schmidt10 Biosynergy and person-centered psychology of ecospiritual well- becoming: Creative Biosynergy of persons, species, societies and ecosystems sanctifies earth’s biosphere 184, Anthony L. RoseIndex 209

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Jeff Leonardi is a retired Anglican priest who was for 17 years Bishop’s Adviser for Pastoral Care and Counselling in the Lichfield Diocese of the Church of England. He has been a qualified Person-centred Counsellor for the past forty years, and has a PhD in the spirituality of Person-centred Counselling in relation to Christian spirituality, and the implications for Christian ministry and pastoral practice. He is currently an Honorary Research Fellow of the Religious Experience Research Centre at the University of Wales Trinity St David at Lam-peter, undertaking a joint research project into relational spirituality with Professor Bettina Schmidt. He has chapters in J.Moore and C. Purton (eds.) 2006 Spirituality and Counselling: Experiential and Theoretical Perspectives, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye; and C. Lago and D. Charura (eds.) 2016 The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: Origins, Developments and Current Applications, Open University Press, Maidenhead. He is the editor of The Human Being Fully Alive: Writings in Celebration of Brian Thorne, 2010, PCCS Books, Ross on Wye. John Reader was Senior Research Fellow of the William Temple Foundation and Senior Tutor for the Christian and Rural Environmental Studies Course hosted by Ripon College, Cuddesdon. He published 6 solo books and co-edited or with chapters in a further 16. Recent publications include “A Philosophy of Christian Materialism” (co-written with Baker and James) “Theology and New Materialism” (Palgrave Radical Theologies series) and “Postdigital Theologies: Technology, Belief and Practice” (co-edited with Savin-Baden). John died suddenly in October 2023.

• Table of ContentsPreface viiAcknowledgements viiiIntroduction 1, Jeff LeonardiPart I: Setting the scene 151 Knowing and un-knowing: Extending the spectrum of meaning to include what really matters 17, Jeff Leonardi2 Connecting with nature and spiritual experience 36, John ReaderPart II: How spirituality deepens our understanding 573 Spiritual experiences of interconnectedness 59, Marianne Rankin4 Julian of Norwich and spiritual depth: Spiritual experience and relational intimacy 77, Robert Fruehwirth5 Beloved on the earth: Buddhist and person-centred perspectives on the ecological crisis 97, Becky Seale6 Spiritual experiences and counselling 115, William WestPart III: Bringing the human being into relationship with the environment 1297 How is the marriage of Heaven and Earth going? Spirituality, health and the environment in Brazil 131, Marta Helena de Freitasadmin8 La Pachamama’s soul: Understanding eco-spirituality through archetypal intersubjectivity 151, Hannah Armbrust9 Wellbeing is the feeling of being ‘one with the world and my surroundings’: Reflection about the environmental dimension of wellbeing in Brazil 165, Bettina E. Schmidt10 Biosynergy and person-centered psychology of ecospiritual well- becoming: Creative Biosynergy of persons, species, societies and ecosystems sanctifies earth’s biosphere 184, Anthony L. RoseIndex 209

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