The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spiritual Path - Hardcover

Grof, Christina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062503146 ISBN 13: 9780062503145

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1993

Synopsis

Argues that the craving for a spiritual identity is often misdirected towards addictive substances, and explains how to find the sacred dimensions of everyday life

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'A rich and powerful pathway to a fully human spiritual life... Excellent... please read it.'
JOHN BRADSHAW

Carl Gustav Jung described the addict's craving as a 'thirst for wholeness.' Christina Grof, a pioneer in the transpersonal psychology movement, draws on her own spiritual journey and addictive experience to explore the issues at the very heart of that craving – the longing for spiritual identity and the yearning to know the true self.

'A provocative reevaluation of addictive behaviour that considers it... within the context of a universal need for spiritual satisfaction... Inspired, well argued... and alight with hope and promise.'
KIRKUS REVIEWS

'A genuine, wise, and soulful description of the spiritual journey.'
LINDA LEONARD, author of 'Meeting the Madwoman'

'An elegantly simple and visionary book that illuminates the universal loss of our true nature and leads us back to the divine we all seek.'
JACK KORNFIELD, author of 'A Path with Heart'

'A book written with courage, poignancy, and hard-won insights.'
MARION WOODMAN, author of 'Conscious Femininity'

CHRISTINA GROF is the co-author, with her husband, Dr. Stanislav Grof, of 'Beyond Death', 'Spiritual Emergency', and 'The Stormy Search for the Self'. She is the founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network, president of Grof Transpersonal Training, and co-creator of Holotropic Breathwork.

About the Author:

Christina Grof is the co-author, with her husband, Dr. Stanislav Grof, of ‘Beyond Death’, ‘Spiritual Emergency’, and the ‘Stormy Search for the Self’. She is the founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network, president of Grof Transpersonal Training, and co-creator of Holotropic Breathwork.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0062503146
• ISBN 13: 9780062503145
• Binding: Hardcover