Product Description: The Healing Spirit of Haiku begins with a brief history of haiku, although it is not a book about haiku. Rather, it is haibun of the psyche, an exchange of poetry and prose between two old friends who set out to accomplish a soulful journey together.

The black sun, an ages-old image of the darkness in individual lives and in life itself, has not been treated hospitably in the modern world. Although modern psychology has seen darkness primarily as a negative force, it actually has an intrinsic importance to the human psyche. In this book, Jungian analyst Stanton Marlan reexamines the paradoxical image of the black sun and the meaning of darkness in Western culture. Marlan draws on not only clinical cases, but also literature such as Goethe's Faust and Dante's Inferno, the black art of Rothko and Reinhardt, and other inspirations to explore the influence of light and shadow on the fundamental structures of modern thought as well as the contemporary practice of analysis. He shows that the black sun accompanies not only the most negative of psychic experiences but also the most sublime. The Black Sun offers insight into modernity, the act of imagination, and the work of analysis in understanding depression, trauma, and transformation of the soul. A contribution to the understanding of alchemical psychology, this book draws on a postmodern sensibility to develop an original way to look at the black sun and helps us explore the unknown darkness conventionally called the Self.

An examination of the rock-and-roll legend's Taoist nature traces his search for purpose and meaning, in a volume that presents forty-two Taoist concepts, one for each year of Elvis's life, to reveal how the Tao operated through him. Original. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Esta nueva interpretación sobre la vida y la psicología de Carl Gustav Jung, tan sorprendente como reveladora, se basa en la hipótesis de que en realidad el gran psicólogo era un taoísta convencido, algo que se demuestra a través de sus cartas, aforismos y escritos...read more

A psychiatrist explains how the teachings of Jung can be adapted to develop a radical approach to the treatment of severe depression.

Henry tries to find a way to reach his father who has changed since the war.

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