The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma: Reaching the Divine Through Nature's Healing Symbols - Couverture souple

Macfarland Ph.D., Ellen

 
9781556437250: The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma: Reaching the Divine Through Nature's Healing Symbols
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ISBN 10 : 1556437250 ISBN 13 : 9781556437250
Editeur : North Atlantic Books, 2008

Synopsis

One of Graham Greene’s characters famously said, “I suffer, therefore I am,” suggesting that pain is an inescapable, and perhaps incurable, part of the human condition. But must this be so? Ellen Macfarland argues otherwise in The Sacred Beyond Trauma. Through the use of mythology, stories from film and fiction, real-life examples, and her personal history, Macfarland shows that healing trauma is indeed possible, using rich resources near at hand, in nature. The book explores major symbols of healing nature that can provide an impetus for personal transformation. One of the case studies profiles Monty Roberts, a well-known horse trainer who overcame significant childhood abuse by working with horses and eventually fostering some forty children alongside his own biological family. The key, says Macfarland, is using these and other natural symbols such as yin yang to balance the tension between trauma and numinosity (sacredness, transcendence), resulting in the creation of a new way of being in the world. Understanding this and the book’s other nature-based symbols can turn the distressed mind into a fertile field of spiritual awareness, empowerment, and lifelong growth.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ellen Macfarland practiced psychotherapy for twenty years. She leads popular workshops nationally on the healing of trauma from a depth perspective. The founder and director of Brookfield Counseling Services, a nonprofit agency providing mental health care for those unable to pay, she lives in Big Sky, Montana.

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Éditeur
North Atlantic Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1556437250
ISBN 13 
9781556437250
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
232
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