Jacob Boehme and the Spiritual Roots of Psychotherapy: Dreams, Ecstasy, and Wisdom - Couverture rigide

McCullough, Glenn J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004678557 ISBN 13 : 9789004678552

Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

Jacob Boehme (1574-1624) was a wildly creative mystical writer whose extraordinary revelations have often been consigned to obscurity. In this original book, professor and therapist Glenn McCullough shows that Boehme is the source of one of modernity's most influential movements: psychotherapy.
Bringing clarity to Boehme's revelations, and providing insights for scholars, therapists, and spiritual seekers, McCullough shows that Boehme furnishes the wider spiritual context for the pioneering therapeutic concepts of both Sigmund Freud and C.G. Jung, including their respective understandings of the unconscious mind and its remarkable potentials. For Boehme, the unconscious is defined by the figure of Sophia--divine Wisdom--and Sophia's seven drives illuminate the nocturnal world of dreams, guiding the soul on a journey of expanded awareness and spiritual rebirth.
While Boehme has often been dismissed as an esoteric outsider, this book locates him within the mainstream Western theological tradition of Augustine, while highlighting Boehme's unique approach to the ecstatic dream world of Wisdom, and his importance for therapists today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Glenn J. McCullough, PhD, RP, is Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Care at Emmanuel College and Knox College in the University of Toronto. He is an ordained minister and a psychotherapist in private practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004678557
• ISBN 13: 9789004678552
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
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