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Visit our website for more information and online ordering: www.routledgementalhealth.com Minding the Self Jungian meditations on contemporary spirituality By Murray Stein “Minding the Self is a brilliant account of the spiritual dilemmas of our time, using Jung’s life and work as a guide for modern readers. Murray Stein has a commendable style, which is scholarly and richly informed, and yet accessible to non-specialists and a general readership. He strikes the right note in this work, and should be rewarded by widespread recognition, from within and beyond the eld of analytical psychology.” – David Tacey, La Trobe University, Australia “No living Jungian analyst has a better understanding of what Jung meant by individuation than Murray Stein, and the fteen modest chapters of this book, his masterpiece, make the case for Jung’s project as a true “minding” of the self. Stein’s luminous prose mirrors the consciousness in the midst of complexity that is its subject, making evident that a psychological attitude of self-reection can be, just as Jung believed, a most natural way to experience the elusive but denite spirit of the divine.” - John Beebe, author of Integrity in Depth Many people have an aptitude for religious experience and spirituality but don’t know how to develop this or take it further. Modern societies oer little assistance, and traditional religions are overly preoccupied with their own organizational survival. Minding the Self: Jungian meditations on contemporary spirituality oers suggestions for individual spiritual development in our modern and post-modern times. Here, Murray Stein argues that C.G. Jung and depth psychology provide guidance and the foundation for a new kind of modern spirituality. Murray Stein explores the problem of spirituality within the cultural context of modernity and oers a way forward without relapsing into traditional or mythological modes of consciousness. Chapters work towards nding the proper vessel for contemporary spirituality and dealing with the ethical issues that crop up along the way. Stein shows how it is an individual path but not an isolationist one, often using many resources borrowed from a variety of religious traditions: it is a way of symbol, dream and experiences of the numinous with hints of transcendence as these come into personal awareness. Minding the Self: Jungian meditations on contemporary spirituality uses research from a wide variety of elds, such as dream-work and the neuroscience of the sleeping brain, clinical experience in Jungian psychoanalysis, anthropology, ethics, Zen Buddhism, Jung’s writings and the recently published Red Book. It will be of interest to psychoanalysts, Jungian scholars, undergraduates, graduate and post-graduate students and anyone with an interest in modern spirituality. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Murray Stein is a training and supervising analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland. He is the author of many articles and books. 20% Discount with this flyer – Order online using discount code IRK71* March 2014: 132pp. PB: 978-0-415-37784-3 £24.99 £19.99 HB: 978-0-415-37785-0 £100.00 £80.00 CONTENTS: Introduction. “New Wine Needs New Skins”. Making Room for Divinity. Changing and Emerging God Images. The Way of Symbols. Attending to the Lunar Mind. Hints of Transcendence. Turning on the Transcendent Function. Not Just a Buttery. Spirituality in the Psychoanalytic Context. Mapping the Psyche. Initiation into the Spirit of the Depths. Humanity’s Shadow Monster. The Problem of Ethics. The Gifts of Cultural Dialogue. Minding the Self. *Visit www.routledgementalhealth.com to order your copy. Enter “IRK71” at checkout before 31/12/2014 to receive your 20% discount. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other oer and is only available on print versions. Discount only available to individuals purchasing through www.routledgementalhealth.com. Oer is not valid to customers in Australia and New Zealand.
