Walking shadows : archetype and psyche in crisis and growth /

There are certain unusual mental states that have such an extraordinary intensity, that they are numinous; they involve the presence of an archetype. These states can be beautiful or utterly terrifying; they can predispose to illness but if carefully negotiated they carry enormous potential for acce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, Tim (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Muswell Hill, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Intense States of Meaning
  • 1. Visiting Heaven and Hell
  • 2. Is There an Underlying Reality?
  • 3. Jung's Archetypal Voyage
  • 4. Archetypal Crises
  • 5. Archetypal Penetrance
  • 6. Synchronicity
  • 7. A Meaning Filled Mind Field
  • 8. Transcendent Nature
  • Section 2. Self, Shadow and Us
  • 9. Crisis - Danger and Opportunity
  • 10. Breaking Down or Breaking Through?
  • 11. The Journey to the Self
  • 12. Icarus and Narcissus
  • 13. Into the Darkness
  • 14. The Numinous Feminine
  • 15. Ego Death and the Midlife Crisis
  • 16. Pain and the Perinatal
  • 17. Matters of Heart
  • Section 3. Working with the Numinous
  • 18. Encounter with Death
  • 19. Mindfulness and the Empathic Observer
  • 20. The Way of the Imagination
  • 21. Psychedelics - Gateway to the Numinous
  • 22. Breathing.