{"product_id":"walking-shadows-archetype-and-psyche-in-crisis-and-growth-9781916068995","title":"Walking Shadows: Archetype and Psyche in Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of high intensity mental states as found in the psychiatric emergency room, in everyday life, in psychotherapy and in spiritual practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere are certain unusual mental states that have such an extraordinary intensity, that they are numinous; they involve the presence of an archetype.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese states can be beautiful or utterly terrifying, they can predispose to illness but if carefully negotiated they carry enormous potential for accelerated development.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow can we understand this archetypal layer of psyche and how can we work with its power to promote psycho-spiritual growth?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe author weaves the archetypal perspective into the psychoanalytic and medical models of mind to show us how the different layers of the individual and collective psyche intertwine to give us our rich experience of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUsing everyday language and using case studies from clinical work in psychiatry and psychotherapy, the author takes the reader on a journey from:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Breakdown to breakthrough\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Plato's cave to Jung's archetypal crisis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Genetics to transpersonal psychology\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Hearing voices to post traumatic stress disorder\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Psychoanalysis to psychedelics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* The mid life crisis to the encounter with death\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Quantum physics to synchronicity\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Shakespeare to shamanism\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e* Transcendent nature to mindfulness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Upstairs and Downstairs\u003cbr\u003e Mapping the Psyche\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSection 1. Intense States of Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. Visiting Heaven and Hell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Adam's Visit to Hell\u003cbr\u003e Brief Psychotic Episode?\u003cbr\u003e Martin's Visit to Heaven\u003cbr\u003e Through the Filmiest of Screens\u003cbr\u003e The Psyche as a Sense Organ\u003cbr\u003e An Overplus of Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Is There an Underlying Reality?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Plato's Search for Truth\u003cbr\u003e Plato's Cave\u003cbr\u003e Ascent and Return\u003cbr\u003e Plato's Archetypes\u003cbr\u003e Enlightenment and Endarkenment\u003cbr\u003e Archetypal Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Jung's Archetypal Voyage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carl's Story\u003cbr\u003e Jung's Crisis\u003cbr\u003e The Descent into the Unconscious\u003cbr\u003e Philemon and Basilides\u003cbr\u003e Set Setting and Integration\u003cbr\u003e So What Was the Matter with Jung?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Archetypal Crises\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ruth's Story\u003cbr\u003e Managing Turbulence\u003cbr\u003e Charles and the Disappearing Dot\u003cbr\u003e Seeking Shiva\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Archetypal Penetrance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Bio Psycho Social Archetypal (BPSA) Model of Psyche\u003cbr\u003e Martial Risings\u003cbr\u003e High Archetypal Penetrance (HAP) States\u003cbr\u003e Luisa and the Dog Mess\u003cbr\u003e Low Archetypal Penetrance (LAP) States\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Synchronicity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sally's Story\u003cbr\u003e Encounter with the Numinous\u003cbr\u003e Synchronicity\u003cbr\u003e Last Day at the Royal London\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. A Meaning Filled Mind Field\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mind or Machine\u003cbr\u003e David Bohm and the Implicate Order\u003cbr\u003e Meaning and the Evolution of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e Transmissive Mind\u003cbr\u003e Models and Beliefs Systems\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Transcendent Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Heath\u003cbr\u003e Heavenly Gardens\u003cbr\u003e Scafell Pike and the Dissolving Map\u003cbr\u003e The Forest of Arden\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSection 2. Self, Shadow and Us\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. Crisis – Danger and Opportunity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Disillusioned Psychiatrist\u003cbr\u003e Crisis and Suicidal Thought\u003cbr\u003e Dan's Darkest Night\u003cbr\u003e Working with the Mindset\u003cbr\u003e Transference and Countertransference\u003cbr\u003e Delusional Mood\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. Breaking Down or Breaking Through?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Archetypal Crisis or Mental Illness?\u003cbr\u003e The Importance of Good Diagnosis\u003cbr\u003e Fundamentalism\u003cbr\u003e Kundalini\u003cbr\u003e Bipolar Disorder\u003cbr\u003e Spiritual Emergency\u003cbr\u003e Mixed States – Marion's Story\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11. The Journey to the Self\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Grail Within\u003cbr\u003e Atman or Self\u003cbr\u003e Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey\u003cbr\u003e Jack and his Magic Beans\u003cbr\u003e Milky White\u003cbr\u003e The Fool\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12. Icarus and Narcissus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simon and the Madonna\u003cbr\u003e Luke Meets his Mother Again\u003cbr\u003e Max the Seeker\u003cbr\u003e Narcissism and Psychic Retreats\u003cbr\u003e Residues of the Infantile\u003cbr\u003e Ego Inflation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13. Into the Darkness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Shadow\u003cbr\u003e Gary on the Neurology Ward\u003cbr\u003e Collective Shadow – The Heart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e Abused Children\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of Evil\u003cbr\u003e Hearing Voices\u003cbr\u003e The Bad Trip\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Boy\u003cbr\u003e Nigredo States\u003cbr\u003e Jumpers, Hangers and Stabbers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14. The Numinous Feminine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Death of a Princess\u003cbr\u003e Anorexia Nervosa\u003cbr\u003e The Shadow of the Feminine\u003cbr\u003e Anorexia and Sainthood\u003cbr\u003e Ana Cool\u003cbr\u003e The Anima\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e15. Ego Death and the Midlife Crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Challenge of Mid Life\u003cbr\u003e Stefan and the Sami\u003cbr\u003e The Archetypes of the Chakra System\u003cbr\u003e Heart Opening\u003cbr\u003e Egolescence\u003cbr\u003e Transformation in O\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e16. Pain and the Perinatal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Police Officer Sandy and the Moment of Impact\u003cbr\u003e Pain in the Brain\u003cbr\u003e Enter Stanislav Grof\u003cbr\u003e The Perinatal Layer of Psyche\u003cbr\u003e Sandy Remoulded\u003cbr\u003e The Tumultuous Struggle to be Born\u003cbr\u003e The COEX\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17. Matters of Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lady NHS\u003cbr\u003e Raymond's Last Rampage\u003cbr\u003e Unkindness\u003cbr\u003e Intelligent Kindness\u003cbr\u003e The Saturn Archetype\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSection 3. Working with the Numinous\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e18. Encounter with Death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dying Mindfully\u003cbr\u003e Children who Remember Previous Lives\u003cbr\u003e The Ascent of the Dragonfly\u003cbr\u003e Archetypes of Near Death\u003cbr\u003e Philippa's Story\u003cbr\u003e The Crystal Bowl\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e19. Mindfulness and the Empathic Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meditation and the Chattering Mind\u003cbr\u003e Mindfulness Practice\u003cbr\u003e Mindfulness in the Emergency Room\u003cbr\u003e Yoga and the House of Many Rooms\u003cbr\u003e Darkness Retreat\u003cbr\u003e Living Mindfully\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20. The Way of the Imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Personal Psyche\u003cbr\u003e Stalingrad with Woolger\u003cbr\u003e Cispersonal Psyche\u003cbr\u003e Active Imagination\u003cbr\u003e The Pink Spider\u003cbr\u003e Shamanic Journeying\u003cbr\u003e Monroe and Hemi-Sync\u003cbr\u003e Confusion of Levels\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e21. Psychedelics - Gateway to the Numinous\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eleusinian Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e Psychedelic – Archaidelic\u003cbr\u003e Venus in a Tablet\u003cbr\u003e Sacred Medicine\u003cbr\u003e Therapy of Substance\u003cbr\u003e Integration\u003cbr\u003e Ayahuasca Retreat\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22. Breathing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Esalen and the Transpersonal Movement\u003cbr\u003e The Holotropic Breathwork Retreat\u003cbr\u003e An Inner Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e Hysteria and Dissociative States\u003cbr\u003e The Neptune Archetype\u003cbr\u003e Pitfalls and Side Effects\u003cbr\u003e Kansas Transformed\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aeon Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043231531351,"sku":"9781916068995","price":23.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781916068995.jpg?v=1750957509","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/walking-shadows-archetype-and-psyche-in-crisis-and-growth-9781916068995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}