Archive for August, 2007
Love and Power in Harry Potter
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007WARNING: If you haven’t finished the seventh book in the Harry Potter series and don’t want any clues to the ending, don’t read this!
The relationship between love and power turns out to be the pivotal theme in the Harry Potter saga. As early as the first book we learn that it was his mother’s […]
Surrender and the Law of Attraction
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Everywhere these days, in books and movies and talk shows, we encounter various versions of the rallying cry: “Attract whatever you want into your life! Manifest it by focusing your intention!” All at once we are no longer victims of our circumstances but architects of our reality. This doctrine is refreshingly empowering, but […]
Earth School, Power and Responsibility
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007A prominent theme yesterday was the Earth School concept and its implications for our attitude about events in our lives. Wondering what I mean by “Earth School”? See the first section of Chapter One in my Karmic Therapy book, printed above following the book description.
For believers in theistic religions, there is a tendency to view […]
Energy Vampirism and Sexual Abuse
Monday, August 13th, 2007It is not customary in psychological and psychiatric circles to think of sexual abusers and their victims in energetic terms, yet the neglect of this dimension blinds us to important therapeutic possibilities. The following energetic description of abuse is derived primarily from my training in advanced shamanic healing with Jen Tarchin in Salt Lake City.
Sexual […]
Hearing and Listening
Saturday, August 11th, 2007At a recent conference, four of us were sitting around chatting after attending a dream workshop. We were all senior practitioners interested in cultivating our capacities to listen deeply. I happened to notice that three of us were wearing hearing aids. When I mentioned this, the fourth person indicated that her hearing was beginning to […]
Bipolar Disorders
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Integrative Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar disorders are unique diagnoses in several respects. Most of them went unrecognized as such when I was trained in psychiatry during the late 1960’s and 1970’s and many are still misdiagnosed even today. They encompass a wide range of symptoms and behaviors, from the most subtle disturbances […]