Embrace of the Daimon: Healing through the Subtle Energy Body/ Jungian Psychology & the Dark Feminine
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1939812038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 u. 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 unintel. Melina Costello said 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
Dr. Ruskin, Jungian Analyst"Sandra Dennis has written a courageous, important book. This book is a rare documentation of a spontaneous eruption of wild stories and monstrous characters from the primeval spaces of the unconscious psyche, characters who, over time, become benevolent carriers of an emotional reunion of soul with body. Alan B. 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. "This book is truly sensitive to soul.I will cut out the many passing insights here that are expressed so beautifully and tersely and make them my appendix, my guidelines for dealings with the Devil." (from the prefac
The Greeks understood the daimon as the intermediary between gods and humans, the guardian spirit assigned at birth, connecting heaven and earth. ForeWord Reviews' 2013 Book of the Year -- Finalist (Body/Mind/Spirit)USA Best Book Awards 2014 -- Winner (Philosophy)Next Generation 2015 Indie Book Awards--Winner (New Age)Have you wrestled with uncanny, nightmarish imagery in dreams or waking and wondered if you were becoming unhinged one day, and enlightened the next? Life crises, trauma, deep meditation, prayer or inquiry can unleash surprisingly compelling yet scary, even revolting imagery and related feelings we have few maps to help navigate.Bringing a spiritual context to what most disturbs us, Sandra Dennis explores an eruption of strange and wild, compelling and repellent characters that she calls daimons from the unconscious that precipitated a descent into the dark recesses of her own psyche. When we welcome them with understanding and compassion, they show they are here to expand consciousness and connect us with the healing qualities our world is waiting for. Instead of treating them as perversions to ba
Thomas Moore was a monk in a Catholic religious order for twelve years and has degrees in theology, musicology, and philosophy. . 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