Madness and Creativity: Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RQHTP2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 387 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a good read for the psycho spiritual work necessary to remediate Kindle Customer This is a good read for the psycho spiritual work necessary to remediate emotional injuries. It allows one to grasp the potential of the mind available in creativity to work with the healing process.. joan murray said A Must Read. I recently had the privilege of seeing Ann Ulanov at a Jungian workshop where she presented this material. So potent has it been that several of us women have formed a study group around the book. The effect is powerful. Each person finds the material uniquely personal and illuminating.. Exploring the last Great Territoryour interiority Susan Ann Ulanov is a consummate courageous explorer of the human inner world. She goes where heroes fear to tread. Personally I can only read a paragraph at a time because the psychological material she is working with is so powerful it takes my breath away. I can't read Ann Ulanov and see the outer world in the same way. I could try to unlearn what she has opened my eyes to but may the Gods help I if I do!
She poses disturbing questions: How do we depend on order, when chaos is a necessary part of existence? What are we to make of evil -- both that surrounding us and that within us? Is there a myth of meaning that can contain all the differences that threaten to shatter us?Ulanov's insights unfold in conversation with themes in Jung's Red Book which, according to Jung, present the most important experiences of his life, themes he explicated in his subsequent theories.Responding to some of Jung's more fantastic encounters as he illustrated them, Ulanov suggests that our problems and compulsions may show us the path our creativity should take. Analyst and author Ann Belford Ulanov draws on her years of clinical work and reflection to make the point that madness and creativity share a kinship, an insight that shakes both analysis and analyst to the core, reminding us as it d