{"product_id":"dark-night-early-dawn-steps-to-a-deep-ecology-of-mind-transpersonal-humanist-psychol-9780791446065","title":"Dark Night  Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind (Transpersonal Humanist Psychol)","description":"\u003cp\u003eArgues that philosophical reflection today must include the findings of depth psychology and the critical study of non-ordinary states of consciousness.  Argues that philosophical reflection today must include the findings of depth psychology and the critical study of non-ordinary states of consciousness.  Combining philosophical reflections with deep self-exploration to delve into the ancient mystery of death and rebirth  this book emphasizes collective rather than individual transformation. Drawing upon twenty years of experience working with nonordinary states  Bache argues that when the deep psyche is hyper-stimulated using Stanislav Grofs powerful therapeutic methods  the healing that results sometimes extends beyond the individual to the collective unconscious of humanity itself.  Dark Night  Early Dawn is the most important book I have read in recent years. Whenever I present a brief summary of its major ideas  either to students in my graduate classes or to general audiences  it unfailingly arouses intense interest. I believe Baches work evokes this response because he has articulated  with superb clarity  rigor  and depth of insight  a radically expanded perspective on the deeper nature of individual human experience  a perspective that many have been gradually intuiting but had not yet been able clearly to formulate.  \"With moving honesty and a rare lack of inflation  Bache has brought forth a conception of the human psyche that intimately reconnects the personal ordeals and awakenings of the individual to the larger collective suffering and spiritual transformation of the entire human species  at this most crucial of historical thresholds. This is a book to read soon and to integrate carefully.\"  Richard Tarnas  author of The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View  \"This very important contribution to transpersonal psychology  I know very few books that represent such a unique balance of critical thinking and deep personal experience. The authors extensive knowledge of philosophical  religious  and psychological literature makes it possible for him to provide solid grounding for the profound insights from his nonordinary states of consciousness. Brings unusual clarity into several important problem areas and represents an important step toward an integration and synthesis of the observations and experiences involved. Christopher Bache is one of the most creative and imaginative thinkers in the transpersonal field.\"  Stanislav Grof  author of The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness and Beyond the Brain: Birth  Death  and Transcendence in Psychotherapy  Christopher M. Bache is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University. He is the author of Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666333851701,"sku":"ByrdShop_0791446069","price":49.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780791446065.jpg?v=1782428573","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dark-night-early-dawn-steps-to-a-deep-ecology-of-mind-transpersonal-humanist-psychol-9780791446065","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}