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The modern practice of medicine and psychology grew out of the
ancient Greek healing tradition, said to be founded by Asklepios,
god of healing and dreams. For two thousand years the system spread
all over the Mediterranean world and planted the roots of Western
medicine and psychology by offering ritual and holistic practices
that recognized that healing begins at the soul level. Yet, since
that time, the spiritually based practices were cast aside, leaving
behind only the scientific medical techniques that dominate
healthcare today. Resurrecting and restoring the sacred,
mythological, and cultural origins of medicine and psychotherapy,
Edward Tick, Ph.D., explores the soul-healing practices missing in
our contemporary health systems. He looks at the dream incubation
tradition of Asklepios, sacred theatre of Dionysos, oracle gifting
of Apollo, special practices of warriors, and their roots in
Neolithic shamanism and indigenous traditions. Demonstrating the
ritual use of dreams, visions, oracles, synchronicities, and
pilgrimage for healing and connecting to the transpersonal and
divine, he explains how dream incubation is a technique where you
plant a seed for a specific healing or growth goal in order to
facilitate dreaming and work toward soul restoration. Using both
ancient wisdom and modern depth psychology alongside stories of
healings from his more than 25 years of guiding Greek pilgrimages,
Tick explores how we can use ancient healing philosophies and
practices to achieve holistic healing today. He examines the
interaction between mind and body (psyche and soma) and between
physical illness and the soul. He explains the art of making
accurate and holistic interpretations of signs, symbols, and
symptoms to determine what they reveal about the soul. Showing how
dreams and other transpersonal experiences are essential components
of soul medicine, the author reveals how restoration of the soul
facilitates true healing.
Mark Nepo moved and inspired millions of people with his #1 "New
York Times" bestseller "The Book of Awakening," a spiritual day
book. Now, in this new exploration of the human journey, Nepo
inquires into the endless ways life asks us to listen. Having
experienced hearing loss, Nepo affirms that listening is one of the
most mysterious, luminous, and challenging art forms: "Whatever
difficulty you face, there are time-tried ways you can listen your
way through. Because listening is the doorway to everything that
matters." Weaving together memoir and meditation exercises, Nepo
offers many ways to listen to life and live more fully. A moving
exploration of self, our relationship to others, and the world
around us, this remarkable guide unpacks the many ways we are
called to redefine ourselves and to name what is meaningful as we
face life's challenges.
A Reader for Navigating the Depths of Our Lives The Universe holds
us and tosses us about, only to hold us again. With Things That
Join the Sea and the Sky, Mark Nepo brings us a compelling treasury
of short prose reflections to turn to when struggling to keep our
heads above water, and to breathe into all of our sorrows and joys.
Inspired by his own journal writing across 15 years, this book
shares with us some of Mark's most personal work. Many passages
arise from accounts of his own life events-moments of "sinking and
being lifted"-and the insights they yielded. Through these
passages, we're encouraged to navigate our own currents of sea and
sky, and to discover something fundamental yet elusive: How,
simply, to be here. To be enjoyed in many ways-individually, by
topic, or as an unfolding sequence-Things That Join the Sea and the
Sky presents 145 contemplations gathered into 17 themes, each
intended to illuminate specific situations. The themes include:
Unraveling Our Fear, Beyond What Goes Wrong, The Gift of Deepening,
The Practice of Relationship, What Holds Us Up, Right-Sizing Our
Pain, The Reach of Kindness, Burning Off What's Unnecessary, How We
Make Our Way and many more. For those interested in either
beginning or expanding their own journaling explorations, this
reader also provides a guide to the practice of daily writing, with
100 compelling questions to get us started. "Joy is the sea that
holds all," writes Mark, "the Unity of Being where feelings don't
separate, but surface like waves to remind us we are alive." Here,
he helps us swim in those waters until we are held in the mystery
of their buoyancy.
A deeply heartfelt weave of reflections and poems about what it means
to live the creative, expressive life.
"I cherish the wisdom and embrace the practices offered in this
luminous book." --Mirabai Starr, author of Caravan of No Despair and
Wild Mercy
"Meaningful art, enduring art--and the transformative process it
awakens--keeps us alive," writes Mark Nepo. With Drinking from the
River of Light, this bestselling poet and philosopher will lead you on
a journey to discover just how art and authentic expression can bring
our deepest truths to bear in the world.
In this collection of interconnected essays and poetry--covering
subjects ranging from the importance of staying in conversation with
other forms of life to a consideration of how innovators such as
Matisse, Rodin, and Beethoven saw the world--Nepo presents a lyrical
ode to the creative urge that stirs in each of us. Whether it's the
search for a metaphor to reveal life's beauty or the brushstroke that
will thoroughly capture the moment, Drinking from the River of Light
examines what it means to go ". . . beyond the boundaries of art, where
the viewer and participant are one."
Here you will discover:
- The importance of openly embracing the full scope of your emotions
- The need for raw honesty and self-exploration in education
- Why a new perspective always waits only a "quarter turn" away
- The importance of staying in constant conversation with other
creative voices
- The crucial difference between giving and getting attention
- Concrete guidelines for respectful peer review
- What it means to channel the sound of your innermost being--and the
universe
In Nepo's words, "This book is meant to be experienced and journeyed
with." Including dozens of journaling prompts and personal exercises
meant to enliven the reader's creative instincts, Drinking from the
River of Light traces the search for our most essential selves and the
importance of the life of expression to bear witness to the sorrow,
depth, and joy of life.
Poet and philosopher Mark Nepo was diagnosed with a rare form of
lymphoma in 1987. His journey back to health awakened a new life.
In his latest book, Nepo explores how sacred and useful everything
is. As such, this book is for everyone, not just for those facing
illness or pursuing poetry. The poems affirm that surviving has
more to do with our authenticity than our longevity. The
sixty-eight poems gathered here are the culmination of many years
of inquiry. As a teacher, Nepo has journeyed with others around
these themes across the country and abroad. In leading spiritual
retreats, in working with healing and medical communities, and in
his teaching as a poet, his work is widely accessible and used by
many.
In these fast-paced times, the exquisite risk facing each of us
every day is to slow down and "still our own house" so that we may
experience life rather than simply manage it. In "The Exquisite
Risk," poet and teacher Mark Nepo encourages readers to become
quiet enough and open enough to listen to what truly matters--our
own hearts, our loved ones, the wonders of nature--in order to live
a life with nothing held back. In rich, lyrical prose, Nepo shares
his own spiritual path, including a battle with illness that helped
him understand how only by daring to embrace all that life has to
offer can we come to a deeper appreciation of its meaning and
beauty.
In the spirit of works by Deepak Chopra and Ram Dass, "The
Exquisite Risk" unfolds in chapters like "The Struggle to Be Real,"
"There Are Teachers Everywhere," "The Rhythm of Kindness," and "The
Gift of Surprise," offering fresh perspective on the art of being
alive and providing essential insight into how we can minimize what
stands between us and our experience of life.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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