Vol 8 No 2 · Winter 2001
Spirit and Essence
Contributors
Arnold Mindell · Sara Halprin · Lee Spark Jones · Jan Dworkin · Pierre Morin · Lily Vassiliou · George Mecouch · Amy Mindell · Julie Diamond · Rhea Shapiro · Gary Reiss · Christopher McMullen · Stephen Schuitevoerder · Ingrid Schuitevoerder
Articles in this issue
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When Words (nearly) Fail Us
Language intrigues us by promising to clarify the obscurely paradoxical world of human experience. Because of its power to explicitly…
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How Elephants Rock “n” Role
Arnold Mindell
Peace is not God’s gift to the human race, it is our gift to one another. --Ellie Wiesel In the Spring 2001 (Volume 8, Number 1) edition of…
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So Much Depends on a Red Hook
Sara Halprin
Writing and Sentience Dreaming is the energy behind everything; it is the life force of all living beings, the power of trees and plants…
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Not Knowing
Lee Spark Jones
Psychotherapists commonly work under the pressure to know. They are expected to be empathic experts, knowledgeable professionals. Yet many…
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The Hollow Bone
Jan Dworkin
Introduction I was thrilled when Jan Dworkin, my partner and main muse, asked if she could interview me about my artwork for this issue of…
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Asclepius’ Rod
Pierre Morin
Context of the Discourse about Health The concept of health is, as Hannah Arendt said about words in general: “something like a frozen…
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Mauthausen
Lily Vassiliou
This is a personal account of my experience of a seminar conducted by Drs. Amy and Arnold Mindell to process a part of world history. This…
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A Night in Jung’s Alembic
George Mecouch
Tao’s working of things is vague and obscure, Obscure! Oh vague! In it are images, Vague! Oh obscure! In it are things, Profound! Oh dark…
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How to Build a Taoist Temple
Arnold Mindell, Amy Mindell
Once upon a time there were four Taoists who had nothing much to do. Each lived in a different part of town. Without the ability to call…
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A Democracy Dialogue
Julie Diamond
The year I was 16, the United States pulled out of Vietnam. In my English class we were reading the anti-war novel, Johnny Got His Gun. One…
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Noticing the Spirits in Everyday Life
Rhea Shapiro
I dream I am standing in darkness far above the street on a wide stone plaza. It is open and spacious. I feel something at my knee. I look…
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Shamanism, Process Work, and Extreme States
Gary Reiss
I believe that extreme and unusual states of consciousness can be transformed so the emergence of their energy and inspiration benefits not…
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About the Art
Christopher McMullen
Christopher McMullen I, like most people, am very visual. In school I was captivated by drafting, and for a long time wanted to be an…
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Dissertation Abstracts
Pierre Morin, Stephen Schuitevoerder, Ingrid Schuitevoerder
Rank and Salutogenesis: A Quantitative and Empirical Study of Self-Rated Health and Perceived Social Status Pierre Morin, M.D. Union…