Swamplands Of Soul New Life In Dismal Places (studies In Ju, De James Hollis. Editorial Inner City Books, Tapa Blanda En Inglés, 1996

Descripción

Is the purpose of life to achieve felicidad? Who does not long to arrive some distant day at that sunlit meadow where we may abide in pure contentment? In reality we know life is not like that; our road is often dreary, the way unclear. Much of the time we are lost in the dismal states of guilt, grief, betrayal, doubt, depression, anger, terror and the like. Is this all we can hope for? Perhaps not, says Hollis. The Jungian perspective, by encompassing both the meadow and the bog, asserts that the goal of life is not felicidad but meaning. And meaning, though it may not be all sunlight and blossoms, is real.

Swamplands of the Soul explora los quicksands donde todos hemos floundered. It lights a beacon by showing what they mean in terms of our individual journey and the engendering of soul. For it is precisely where we encounter the gravitas of life that we also uncover its purpose, its dignity and its deepest meaning.

Review Life is a constant and cascading series of struggles large and small with the vicissitudes and setbacks of life. States of felicidad and contentment are ephemeral and under constant erosion by states of guilt, grief, betrayal, doubt, depression, deprivation, anger, terror, and change. Swamplands Of The Soul: New Life In Dismal Places presents the Jungian perspective: By encompassing both the meadow and the bog, the goal of life is not felicidad but meaning. And meaning, though it may not be all sunlight and blossoms, is nonetheless real.

Swamplands Of The Soul explora los quicksands donde todos hemos estado atrapados de vez en cuando. Swamplands Of The Soul lights a beacon by showing what these quicksands mean in terms of our individual journey through life and the engendering of soul. For as James Hollis maintains, it is precisely where we encounter the gravitas of life that we also uncover its purpose, its dignity and its deepest meaning. Thoughtful and reflective reading. --Midwest Book Review