The Healing Path
A Soul Approach to Illness
Published on 27. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-14-019486-9 (ISBN)
Description
When the author discovered he had thyroid cancer, he pursued the lessons that his life-threatening illness offered. In this book he sets out the stages of illness and recovery, revealing in his view much about the human spirit, and the relationship of illness and healing to the inner life of each individual. This will be of interest to anyone who has coped with or now faces serious illness, or is interested in health.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
285 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-019486-9 (9780140194869)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Prologue: Where Ladders Begin; The Varieties of Healing Experience; The Healing Path: Maps for the Journey; The Tangled Roots of Disease; The Herald: The Unheard Call; The Symptom: The Voice of the Bodymind?; Diagnosis: The Power of Naming; The Meeting with the Doctor; Big Guns, Magic Bullets: The Citadel of Medicine; Taking Back Control: Finding New Footing; The Quest for Medicine: A World of Alternatives; The Helper: The Way of the Wounded Healer; Vision Quest: Discovering the Healer Within; Inner Work: The Recovery of Feeling; Coming Alive: Exploring the Healing Selves; The Social Fabric and the Loom of the Self; The Return: Treasures from the Dark; Epilogue: A Second Birth.