Witness to the Fire: Creativity and the Veil of Addiction - Softcover

Leonard, Linda Schierse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877735883 ISBN 13: 9780877735885

Publisher: Shambhala, 1990

Synopsis

In Witness to the Fire, Linda Schierse Leonard, Ph.D., explores the dark and fiery journey of transformation from the bondage of addiction to the freedom of recovery through creativity. A Jungian analyst, Leonard studies the relationship of creativity and addiction in the lives of writers such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eugene O'Neill, Jean Rhys, and Jack London, as well as the experiences of ordinary men and women. Leonard holds out the hope that anyone bound by addiction can reclaim the power that fuels dependency for a life of joy and creativity.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This powerful book spans the realms of Jungian psychology, existential philosophy, and literary analysis to explore the relationship between addiction and creativity. By examining the lives and works of writers such as Dostoevsky, Eugene O'Neill, Jack London, and Jean Rhys, as well as the experiences of people in recovery, Linda Leonard holds out the hope that anyone bound by addiction can reclaim the power that fuels dependency for a life of joy and creativity.

Synopsis:

Drawing on the lives of famous writers and her own bout with alcoholism, a psychoanalyst examines the similarity of experiences shared by addict and artist and offers advice on trading addiction for creativity and joy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0877735883
• ISBN 13: 9780877735885
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408