Breaking Open

Finding a Way Through Spiritual Emergency
Herausgeber: Evans, Jules; Read, Tim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Personal accounts exploring the shift from mental illness to spiritual awakening

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aeon Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781912807697
• ISBN-10: 1912807696
• Artikelnr.: 57760692

Autorenporträt

Jules Evans is an author, broadcaster and academic philosopher. He is a research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, where he researches the history and philosophy of flourishing. He was a BBC New Generation Thinker and a Times book of the year author. He is the author of 'Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations' (2012) and 'The Art of Losing Control' (2017). He blogs at www.philosophyforlife.org

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Tim Read and Jules Evans
CHAPTER ONE
The ones who dream of tigers
Deborah Martin
CHAPTER TWO
The accidental guru
John Ablett
CHAPTER THREE
Chasing transcendence
Anna Beckmann
CHAPTER FOUR
Dissolving on the motorway
Louisa Tomlinson
CHAPTER FIVE
The in-between place
Jules Evans
CHAPTER SIX
The ball of light
Cornelia Cacu
CHAPTER SEVEN
Wrestling with angels
Stephen Fitzpatrick
CHAPTER EIGHT
The motherhood ear
Amy Pollard
CHAPTER NINE
The chaplain who thought he was Jesus
Satyin Taylor
CHAPTER TEN
The fire of becoming
Angela Cotter"
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The boy who stank to high heaven
Rob Charles
CHAPTER TWELVE
From fear towards love
Dan Sherwen
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The master
Mike Benthall
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The spiritual dimension of bipolar disorder
Sean Blackwell
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Tim Read and Jules Evans
BIOGRAPHIES AND FURTHER RESOURCES
INDEX