Gods and diseases making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing
<P>Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few. Many mental health problems are on the increase such as depression, phobias and anxiet...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798214906719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Introduction: Return of the Gods; Intuitive thinking ; Indigenous influence; The practical nature of spirituality ; My path to here ; Intellectual standpoint
- Author's note 1. Gods and Diseases; Archetypes and subtle forces ; Diseases of the spirit ; Archetypal medicine ; The problem of credibility
- Seeing through to the metaphor 'It's only psychological': popular approaches and positive thinking; Wrestling with our demons ; The spiritual roots of healing ; Metaphor as illness
- The theory in plain language 2. The Suffering of Spiritual Rebirth; The induction into spirit ; The natural state overcomes itself ; Metaphors of death and rebirth
- Spiritual initiation in the context of jungian thought The function and character of the Self; The human journey and the stages of life ; The spiritual meaning of life
- Exile and homecoming
