LEADER 04112nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910819669303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-91480-6 010 $a0-429-90057-0 010 $a0-429-47580-2 010 $a1-283-63456-2 010 $a1-78241-032-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429475801 035 $a(CKB)2670000000261570 035 $a(EBL)1035386 035 $a(OCoLC)815391704 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000770894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424076 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000770894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10808304 035 $a(PQKB)11563138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1035386 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1035386 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394701 035 $a(OCoLC)820830671 035 $a(OCoLC)1031884605 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1031884605 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429475801 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000261570 100 $a20111102d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn search of the spiritual $eGabriel Marcel, psychoanalysis and the sacred /$fPaul Marcus 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cKarnac$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (235 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-367-32501-2 311 $a1-78049-054-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Creative experience as the birthplace of the transcendent; CHAPTER THREE On refinding God during chemotherapy; CHAPTER FOUR Reflections on moments of grace; CHAPTER FIVE On the quiet virtue of humility; CHAPTER SIX Summoned to courage; CHAPTER SEVEN Maintaining personal dignity in the face of the mass society; CHAPTER EIGHT On fidelity and betrayal in love relationships; CHAPTER NINE The kiss; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX 330 2 $a"Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973), the first French existentialist and phenomenologist, was a world-class Catholic philosopher, an accomplished playwright, drama critic and musician. He wrote brilliantly about many of the classic existential themes associated with Sartre, Heidegger, Jaspers and Buber, prior to the publication of their main works. Marcel regarded himself as a "homo viator," a spiritual wanderer: "If man is essentially a voyager, it is because he is en route ... towards an end which one can say at once and contradictorily that he sees and does not see." As a self-described "philosopher of the threshold" and "an awakener," his stated goal was to shed some light on the nature of spiritual reality, those moments when one experiences an upsurge of the love of life. In this book, Paul Marcus joins the best of Marcellian and psychoanalytic insights to help the reader develop an inner sensibility that is more receptive, responsive and responsible to the transforming sacred presences that grace everyday life, such as are experienced in selfless love, hoping beyond hope, and maintaining faith in the goodness of the world despite its harsh challenges. Whether one is reading "Re-finding God during Chemo-therapy," "Maintaining Personal Dignity in the Face of the Mass Society," "On Fidelity and Betrayal in Love Relationships" or "The Kiss," Marcus, with the help of his two spiritual masters, Marcel and Freud, points the reader in the direction of a greater everyday sacred attunement to the eternal presences that life mysteriously reveals to those with a discerning eye and an open heart."--Provided by publisher. 606 $aPsychoanalysis 606 $aSpiritual direction 615 0$aPsychoanalysis. 615 0$aSpiritual direction. 676 $a150.195 676 $a194 700 $aMarcus$b Paul$01594136 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819669303321 996 $aIn Search of the Spiritual$94061597 997 $aUNINA