Care of the soul: a guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in everday life
- New York Harper Perennial 1994
- xx,312p 20 cm ; Pbk
$13.50
I. Care of the soul 1. Honoring symptoms as a voice of the soul II. Care of the soul in everyday life 2. The myth of family and childhood 3. Self-love and its myth : narcissus and narcissism 4. Love's initiations 5. Jealousy and envy : healing poisons 6. The soul and power 7. Gifts of depression 8. The body's poetics of illness 9. The economics of soul : work, money, failure, and creativity III. Spiritual practice and psychological depth 10. The need for myth, ritual, and a spiritual life 11. Wedding spirituality and soul IV. Care of the world's soul 12. Beauty and the reanimation of things 13. The sacred arts of life.
Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore In this special twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Thomas Moore’s bestselling Care of the Soul, which includes a new introduction by the author, readers are presented with a revolutionary approach to thinking about daily life—everyday activities, events, problems, and creative opportunities—and a therapeutic lifestyle is proposed that focuses on looking more deeply into emotional problems and learning how to sense sacredness in ordinary things.
Basing his writing on the ancient model of “care of the soul”—which provided a religious context for viewing the everyday events of life—Moore brings “care of the soul” into the twenty-first century. Promising to deepen and broaden the readers’ perspectives on their life experiences, Moore draws on his own life as a therapist practising “care of the soul,” as well as his studies of the world’s religions and his work in music and art, to create this inspirational guide that examines the connections between spirituality and the problems of individuals and society.