| Description |
224 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index. |
| Contents |
Close to the bone: illness and the soul -- Ground gives way under us -- Harbinger of truth -- Like green meat on a hook -- Procrustean dismemberment -- Illness as a turning point -- Sometimes we need a story -- Soul connections -- Summoning angels: prayer -- Prescribing imagination -- Rituals: enacting myth -- Helping each other -- Musings. |
| Summary |
In this beautifully written and profoundly affecting new book, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen explores what it means when serious illness brings one "close to the bone" : close to the soul's needs. As in her critically acclaimed best-seller Goddesses in Everywoman, the author weaves myth, experience, and story to produce a book which at once illuminates the experience of the seriously ill patient and shows that facing one's mortality can be a life-transforming, and even a life-saving, process. |
| Subject |
Sick -- Psychology.
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Attitude to Health. |
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Critical Illness -- psychology. |
| ISBN |
0684822377 |
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9780684822372 |
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