Gods and diseases : making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing / / David Tacey
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| Autore: |
Tacey David J (David John), <1953-, >
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| Titolo: |
Gods and diseases : making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing / / David Tacey
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 201/.7621 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mental health - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Spiritual healing | |
| Psychology, Religious | |
| Note generali: | "First published in English, Australia by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited in 2011"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-255) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Introduction: Return of the Gods; Intuitive thinking ; Indigenous influence; The practical nature of spirituality ; My path to here ; Intellectual standpoint |
| Author's note 1. Gods and Diseases; Archetypes and subtle forces ; Diseases of the spirit ; Archetypal medicine ; The problem of credibility | |
| Seeing through to the metaphor 'It's only psychological': popular approaches and positive thinking; Wrestling with our demons ; The spiritual roots of healing ; Metaphor as illness | |
| The theory in plain language 2. The Suffering of Spiritual Rebirth; The induction into spirit ; The natural state overcomes itself ; Metaphors of death and rebirth | |
| Spiritual initiation in the context of jungian thought The function and character of the Self; The human journey and the stages of life ; The spiritual meaning of life | |
| Exile and homecoming | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <P>Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few. Many mental health problems are on the increase such as depression, phobias and anxiety with no obvious solution in sight.</P><P>In Gods and Diseases, David Tacey argues that the answers lie in leaving behind the confines of conventional medicine. Instead we should turn towards spirituality and to what he calls 'meaning-making', to make sense of our physical and mental wellbeing and explore how |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gods and diseases |
| ISBN: | 0-415-52063-0 |
| 1-135-08576-5 | |
| 0-203-06922-6 | |
| 1-135-08577-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790546003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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