Walking Shadows, 9781916068995
Paperback
Intense mental states: Breakdown, breakthrough, and the archetypal power within.

Walking Shadows

Archetype and Psyche in Crisis and Growth

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  • Paperback

    360 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2019

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Summary

An exploration of high intensity mental states as found in the psychiatric emergency room, in everyday life, in psychotherapy and in spiritual practice.

There are certain unusual mental states that have such an extraordinary intensity, that they are numinous; they involve the presence of an archetype.

These states can be beautiful or utterly terrifying, they can predispose to illness but if carefully negotiated they carry enormous potential for accelerated dev…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781916068995
ISBN-10:1916068995
Author:Tim Read
Publisher:Aeon Books Ltd
Imprint:Aeon Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:360
Release Date:29 June 2019
Weight:568g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Tim Read

Tim Read is a medical doctor, psychiatrist and psychotherapist based in London. He was Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal London Hospital for 20 years leading the Emergency Liaison service and the Crisis Intervention Service. He has trained in psychoanalytic therapy (IGA) and in transpersonal therapy (GTT). He is a certified facilitator of Holotropic Breathwork and has a special interest in working with expanded states of consciousness. His book Walking Shadows: Archetype and Psyche in Crisis and Growth was published in 2015.

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