Concepts and Themes in Design Leads in with no less than FIVE quotes ... they are well worth repeating here: How's that for a warm-up to chapter 2??
From the intro paragraph, Bill talks about aboriginal cultures, myth, and how we've erroneously adopted a set of fixed prohibitions: In all, an entreaty to abandon our self-absorbed "being separate" orientation as a species and return to the awareness of our inclusive human place within nature.