| Titel: | Healing the split: Madness or transcendence? A new understanding of the crisis and treatment of the mentally ill |
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| Autor: | Nelson, JE |
| Mediengruppe: | books |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 1990 |
| Band: | --- |
| Heft: | --- |
| Seiten: | xxi, 442 |
| Sprache: | English, englisch |
| Abstract: | (from the introduction) 'Healing the Split' is divided into four parts, each with a specific purpose. Part one introduces the reader to the idea of consciousness as a universal reality, capable of assuming various forms. It describes typical psychotic states of consciousness as they are subjectively experienced, including schizophrenia, mania, and multiple personality disorder, and then examines ways in which modern civilization responds to these afflictions. /// Part two focuses on the way in which genes, anatomy, and chemistry within the brain contribute to certain kinds of psychotic experience. It reviews the pros and cons of antipsychotic medicines, as well as the intriguing connections that link both madness and mysticism to psychedelic drugs. Finally, it examines the suggestion from quantum physics that the brain may function like a hologram as it interacts with consciousness to produce madness or sanity. /// Part three deals with the psychological and spiritual aspects of madness. It employs the ancient Tantric yoga system of the seven chakras to explore the psychotic mind as it takes form in childhood, then assembles its own unique reality in early adulthood. This section includes speculation from parapsychology, occult literature, and Eastern philosophy, and explores the overlapping boundaries between madness, creative inspiration, and mystical enlightenment. /// Part four offers a practical application of transpersonal psychology to the artful healing of a major source of human suffering, to revamping our obsolete mental-health system, and to aiding the spiritual progress of a long-misunderstood and neglected segment of humanity--the mentally ill. Artfulness in healing requires a special kind of awareness that takes into account the state of consciousness of the healer as well as that of the patient. /// In sum, this book seeks to heal the split between antagonistic and rarely communicating schools of thought as it offers practical techniques to heal the split within severely disturbed human beings. ; (from the introduction) "Healing the Split" is divided into four parts, each with a specific purpose. Part one introduces the reader to the idea of consciousness as a universal reality, capable of assuming various forms. It describes typical psychotic states of consciousness as they are subjectively experienced, including schizophrenia, mania, and multiple personality disorder, and then examines ways in which modern civilization responds to these afflictions. (introduction); Part two focuses on the way in which genes, anatomy, and chemistry within the brain contribute to certain kinds of psychotic experience. It reviews the pros and cons of antipsychotic medicines, as well as the intriguing connections that link both madness and mysticism to psychedelic drugs. Finally, it examines the suggestion from quantum physics that the brain may function like a hologram as it interacts with consciousness to produce madness or sanity. (introduction); Part three deals with the psychological and spiritual aspects of madness. It employs the ancient Tantric yoga system of the seven chakras to explore the psychotic mind as it takes form in childhood, then assembles its own unique reality in early adulthood. This section includes speculation from parapsychology, occult literature, and Eastern philosophy, and explores the overlapping boundaries between madness, creative inspiration, and mystical enlightenment. (introduction); Part four offers a practical application of transpersonal psychology to the artful healing of a major source of human suffering, to revamping our obsolete mental-health system, and to aiding the spiritual progress of a long-misunderstood and neglected segment of humanity—the mentally ill. Artfulness in healing requires a special kind of awareness that takes into account the state of consciousness of the healer as well as that of the patient. (introduction); In sum, this book seeks to heal the split between antagonistic and rarely communicating schools of thought as it offers practical techniques to heal the split within severely disturbed human beings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (introduction) |