Greg Bogart

In the Company of Sages: The Journey of the Spiritual Seeker

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Produktbeschreibung

Explains how to successfully navigate each of the nine stages of spiritual apprenticeship, from choosing a teacher to teaching others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Edition, New of
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781620553848
• ISBN-10: 1620553848
• Artikelnr.: 40448497

Autorenporträt

Greg Bogart, Ph.D., MFT, is a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a lecturer in psychology at Sonoma State University, a teacher at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the author of numerous books on astrology, dreams, yoga, and spiritual depth psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Catalyzing Role of Teachers
Stage One
Choosing a Teacher
In Search of a Trustworthy Guide
Stage Two
Initiation
The Kindling of Spiritual Life
Stage Three
Discipleship
Absorbing Instruction and Developing a Spiritual Practice
Stage Four
Testing
Trust, Surrender, and Refinement of the Personality
Stage Five
Grace and Guru Yoga
Receiving the Teacher's Spacious Gaze
Stage Six
At the Threshold of Awakening
Glimpses of the Goal
Stage Seven
Separating from a Spiritual Teacher
Maturation and Autonomy
Stage Eight
Finding the Teacher Within
Creating Your Own Synthesis and Paths of Self-Liberation
Stage Nine
Teaching Others
Sharing Knowledge Gracefully
Epilogue
The Cycle of Apprenticeship Complete
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author