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The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crisis

AUTHOR Grof, Christina
PUBLISHER Tarcher (06/01/1992)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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Many people are undergoing a profound personal transformation associated with spiritual opening. Under favorable circumstances, this process results in emotional healing, a radical shift in values, and a profound awareness of the mystical dimension of existence. For some, these changes are gradual and relatively smooth, but for others they can be so rapid and dramatic that they interfere with effective everyday functioning, creating tremendous inner turmoil. Unfortunately, many traditional health-care professionals do not recognize the positive potential of these crises; they often see them as manifestations of mental disease and repsond with stigmatizing labels, suppressive drugs, and even institutionalization.

In The Stormy Search for the Self, Christina and Stanislav Grof, the world's foremost authorities on the subject of spiritual emergence, draw on years of dramatic personal and professional experience with transformative states to explore these "spiritual emergencies," altered states so powerful they threaten to overwhelm the individual's oridinary reality. This book will provide insights, assurances, and practical suggestions for those who are experiencing or have experienced such a crisis, for their families and friends, and for mental-health professionals. It is also a valuable guide for anyone involved in personal transformation whose experiences, though generally untraumatic, may still at times be bewildering or disorienting.
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ISBN-13: 9780874776492
ISBN-10: 087477649X
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 288
Carton Quantity: 45
Product Dimensions: 6.12 x 0.55 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 0.72 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product, Maps
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Self-Help | Spiritual
Self-Help | General
Grade Level: College Freshman and up
Dewey Decimal: 291.42
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Increasing numbers of people are experiencing "spiritual emergency"--a crisis that occurs when the process of growth and change becomes chaotic and overwhelming. Here, the pioneers of the field of spiritual emergency validate that such episodes have profoundly healing potential.
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Many people are undergoing a profound personal transformation associated with spiritual opening. Under favorable circumstances, this process results in emotional healing, a radical shift in values, and a profound awareness of the mystical dimension of existence. For some, these changes are gradual and relatively smooth, but for others they can be so rapid and dramatic that they interfere with effective everyday functioning, creating tremendous inner turmoil. Unfortunately, many traditional health-care professionals do not recognize the positive potential of these crises; they often see them as manifestations of mental disease and repsond with stigmatizing labels, suppressive drugs, and even institutionalization.

In The Stormy Search for the Self, Christina and Stanislav Grof, the world's foremost authorities on the subject of spiritual emergence, draw on years of dramatic personal and professional experience with transformative states to explore these "spiritual emergencies," altered states so powerful they threaten to overwhelm the individual's oridinary reality. This book will provide insights, assurances, and practical suggestions for those who are experiencing or have experienced such a crisis, for their families and friends, and for mental-health professionals. It is also a valuable guide for anyone involved in personal transformation whose experiences, though generally untraumatic, may still at times be bewildering or disorienting.

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Author: Grof, Christina
Christina Grof is the co-author, with her husband, Dr. Stanislav Grof, of 'Beyond Death', 'Spiritual Emergency', and the 'Stormy Search for the Self'. She is the founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network, president of Grof Transpersonal Training, and co-creator of Holotropic Breathwork.
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