The Mystery of Human Relationship: Alchemy and the Transformation of the Self

ISBN-13: 9780415153898 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 264 str.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant

Opis

Human relationships are regarded as containers of emotional life, but what are the structures underlying them? The author of this text looks at all kinds of relationships from the analyst's perspective. By analogy with the ancient theory of alchemy he shows how mad states of mind can undermine our relationships - in marriage, in creative work, in the workplace - but become transformative when brought to consciousness. It is only by learning how to access the interactive field of our relationships that we can enter this transformative process and explore its potential for self-realization.

Spis treści

1 Alchemy and transformation in human relationships 2 Activating the experience of the field 3 Mad parts of sane people 4 The dynamics of the interactive field 5 The transformative power of the interactive field 6 The alchemical view of madness 7 The central mystery of the alchemical process 8 The alchemical attitude to the transformation of relationship 9 Union, death, and the resurrection of the self 10 Appreciating the mystery of relationship

O autorze

Nathan Schwartz-Salant