Robert S. Corrington

Riding the Windhorse

Manic-Depressive Disorder and the Quest for Wholeness

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Produktbeschreibung

In this moving account of his struggles with manic-depressive disorder, distinguished philosopher Robert S. Corrington, creator of the school of ecstatic naturalism, presents a compelling argument for rethinking the nature of this malady. Corrington details the latest medical, psychological, and spiritual thinking about bipolar disease; a disorder characterized by extreme mood swings and that is responsible for many untimely deaths each year.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780761826194
• ISBN-10: 076182619X
• Artikelnr.: 21769311

Autorenporträt

By Robert S. Corrington

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 A Life's Journey and
Its Dreamscape: A Life's Journey; A Dreamscape Chapter 4 Body and Soul-
Medical and Psychological Vistas: Medical Vistas; Psychological Vistas
Chapter 5 Creativity and Genius in Manic-Depression: Creativity as Manifest
in: Products, Processes, and Communities; Genius and the Not Yet; Two Case
Studies of Manic-Depressive Genius: Newton and Sri Ramakrishna Chapter 6
Intimations of Wholeness: Spirituality, Sacred Folds, and Intervals;
Creative Distancing and Communal Testing; Individuation and the Spirits
Chapter 7 Appendix: My Passage from Panentheism to Pantheism Chapter 8
Endnotes Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 Index- Names Chapter 11 Index-
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