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Author Jaffe, Lawrence W., 1931-

Title Celebrating soul : preparing for the new religion / Lawrence W. Jaffe
Published Toronto : Inner City Books, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (127 pages)
Series Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts ; 84
Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts ; 84.
Contents Theory -- The New Religion -- The Jungian Myth -- Jungian Spirituality -- Practice -- What Is Our Purpose in Life? -- The Hymn of the Pearl -- Breaking the Chain of Suffering -- The Golden Rule and the Iron Rule -- The Wounded Inner Child in the Bible -- The Lesson of Job -- The Meaning of Suffering -- Holding the Opposites As Service to God -- Wrestling with the Angel -- The Redemptive Value of Consciousness -- "I Do Good Work" -- A New Form of Worship -- The Healing of Childhood Wounds -- Success Versus Consciousness -- Jung on the Life of Christ -- Studying Torah and Studying Jung -- Redemption Through Shadow Work -- A Psychological View of the First Commandment -- Testimony to the Holocaust -- Death and Resurrection -- Being "Born Again" -- Individuation and the Bible -- Jung and the Bible on Love -- New Life in Late Life -- A Psychological Gloss on a Benediction -- The Problem of Prayer -- Christ As a Model for Individuation -- Reason and Statistics -- Self-Knowledge Gives Meaning to Life -- The Answer Lies Within -- Psychotherapy As Sabbath -- Finale
Summary "People are beginning to bump up against the limits of materialism and rationalism, realizing that these fail to offer something essential, a purpose in life. Although a few turn back to institutional religion for orientation, many find that road barred to them by their reason and their skepticism. Whatever form the new religion takes it must leave a large place for reason. The new religion will therefore be the product of a marriage between reason and faith, science and religion." "The closest approximation we have to this today is Jung's school of psychology, which affirms the redemptive power of consciousness." "We cannot do without meaning in our lives. Meaning cannot be established objectively; it arises only through a relationship with the inner, subjective world. But it is precisely that realm that has been discredited in our day by the misapplication of the scientific spirit." "In compensation, this book describes and gives examples of the inner life in order to help the reader sense the reality of the soul. It explores the spiritual significance of Jungian psychology--its message of personal and cultural renewal for a civilization that has lost its sense of purpose. Book jacket."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
SUBJECT Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 fast
Subject Psychoanalysis and religion.
Spirituality.
Spirituality
PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
Psychoanalysis and religion
Spirituality
Social Sciences.
Psychology.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585117063
9780585117065