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The far side of madness

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (A Spectrum Book)Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall c1974Description: 177p; bibliog.; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-13-303024-5
Subject(s):
Contents:
1 On madness. 2 An experience in madness. 3 Reorganization of the self. 4 The nature of the kingship archetype. 5 The ritual drama of renewal. 6 The messianic hero. 7 Mysticism and its heroes. 8 Mysticism and madness. 9 Societal implications of the renewal process. 10 Love and power in madness. 11 The creative element in the renewal process. 12 A philosophy and method of therapy
Abstract: 'With the program of empathetic therapy that Dr. Perry outlines, the schizophrenic can emerge as a more whole person, rather than as the emotional cripple being created by current medical practices.'
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Chs. 1 and 7 were prev. presented as lectures. Ch. 4, 6, 9, and 11 were prev. pub. in The journal of analytical psychology (XI:2, 1966); The journal of analytical psychology (XVII:2, 1972); Spring (1971); and Art psychotherapy (I; 1973) respectively.

Kingship : p37-79.. Messiah : p63-79.. Hero Archetype : p63-79.. Mysticism : p82-105.. Individual and The Collective : p107-22.. Creation (Literary, Artistic, etc.) : p139-46.. Rites and Ceremonies : p53-61.. Drama : p53-61.

1 On madness. 2 An experience in madness. 3 Reorganization of the self. 4 The nature of the kingship archetype. 5 The ritual drama of renewal. 6 The messianic hero. 7 Mysticism and its heroes. 8 Mysticism and madness. 9 Societal implications of the renewal process. 10 Love and power in madness. 11 The creative element in the renewal process. 12 A philosophy and method of therapy

'With the program of empathetic therapy that Dr. Perry outlines, the schizophrenic can emerge as a more whole person, rather than as the emotional cripple being created by current medical practices.'

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