Embrace of the Daimon: Healing through the Subtle Energy Body/ Jungian Psychology & the Dark Feminine
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1939812038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A former professor of psychology, he is the author of Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, The Education of the Heart, The Soul of Sex, and Original Self. . He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two children. Thomas Moore was a monk in a Catholic religious order for twelve years and has degrees in theology, musicology, and philosophy
rogeregon said an important contribution. As an active explorer of inner psychic realms, especially the darker and more painful ones, I am grateful for Embrace of the Daimon . This book is the only contemporary firsthand account of the day to day practice of mystical depth psychology that I have come across. As such I found it a very practical guide to some of my own inner and psychic journeys.The author's own particular daimonic journey has unique sexual and intensely f. Tiurd said Not Worth the Struggle. This is her dissertation. It is barely readable, let alone understandable by any other than someone with an advanced degree in feminist depth psychology (her colleagues and mentors). Only because I have done considerable reading over the years in this area was I able to decipher some of her onerous repetitive rambling. This is not to say that what Dennis has written isn't interesting (if almost unintelligible), but it is hardly a. A rare and beautifully written book Seeking the God of Ecstasy: A Spiritual Journey of Sexual AwakeningTwo years ago I discovered this beautifully written book, Embrace of the Daimon by Sandra Dennis. I'm so glad to have read it, for it is one of a scant handful of books that addresses a complex and often misunderstood psychic process that frequently accompanies states of spiritual emergence: the dark urges of inner life. With candor and clarity, Dennis brings the
Sandra Dennis outlines a simple method to navigate these alarming images and anxieties. Instead of treating them as perversions to banish, we are encouraged to embrace their primal power becoming more intelligent, loving and whole in the process. Reviewers have called Embrace of the Daimon -- "a pioneering work, a courageous and important book," "a significant contribution to the study of altered states of consciousness," "original and profound," "a rare documentation of unconscious processes","a work that advances our understanding of a descending spirituality tremendously," "eloquently descriptive," "deeply moving," re-imagines the work of integrating shadow to find beauty and dignity," "bridges the worlds of the s
In this pioneering work, she forges a bridge between the worlds of the scholar and the visionary, and in so doing makes a significant contribution to the phenomenology of altered states of consciousness. Dennis takes us to the edge of imaginal experience and traces an implicit road map for the millennial tasks of healing the harmful separation between body, soul, and spirit that now afflicts us." --Betty DeShong Meador, Uncursing the Dark"This is a gorgeous book, beautifully conceived and written. This book advances our understanding of this ongoing process tremendously." -Don Sandner, author, "The Sacred Heritage: The Influence of Shamanism on Analytic Psychology""I find this an extraordinarily well-written, original and profound work that extends our understanding of the relation betw