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Summary: amazing
Review: Even if you've very little understanding of Jung's ideas, you'll be able to follow this book. It's easy to read, interesting, and thought provoking. More important, it addresses some of the questions I've asked as I moved into my, uh, twilight years. Further, corroberation of the ideas put forth are drawn from a wide variety of sacred and secular texts.The book is broken into four sections: The Life Cycle, The Shadow, The Child, and Emerging Wisdom. I quite enjoyed the "Reflective Exercises" at the end of each section that gave me a chance to think about, and integrate, what I'd just read. And like anything that goes to the core of our own personal belief system, we should remember we can take the best and leave the rest. Me? I'm taking a lot away from this book!
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Summary: Misleading...
Review: The title of this book is very misleading - it should have been Mid-Life CHRISTIAN Spirituality. While I have no qualms with an occasional quote from the Bible when it makes a point, this book was littered with biblical references that had little relevance other than to proselytize. In fact I was downright offended that a book geared toward people experiencing a mid-life crisis (and thus more vulnerable) would contain such a heavy Christian-only overtone. This book may interest Christians but since the book seems to take the stance of the fundamentalist or born again, the reader should be made aware of this before buying the book. Simply put, this book is more about preaching a form of Christianity as a solution than a fair presentation of spirituality and mid-life. The description of the book, and the positive reviews were very misleading and the book itself very disappointing. The author should, not assume that Christianity is the answer to everyone's spiritual needs, for it certainly is not.
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Summary: Don't Bother!
Review: This book directly opposes the teachings of the Catholic Church and all orthodox Christianity! It is Gnostic. Boring, illogical and hard-to-follow, it is written in a third-grade style, presumably to accommodate that confused, vulnerable, unlettered populace who frequents money-making seminars hosted by "experts." Indeed, in this New Age milieu, Jung sells! For a comprehensive history and understanding of Carl Jung and his teachings, read Richard Noll, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and Post-doctoral Fellow in the History of Science at Harvard University. His two books are scholarly, detailed, logical and highly documented with primary sources. They are: "The Aryan Christ: The Secret Life of Carl Jung" and "The Jung Cullt: Origins of a Charismatic Movement." (Also, access "Yahoo" then "Carl Jung") Do not buy and, thus, support this New Age book. If you must, get it in the library under its former title: "Celebrate Mid-Life: Jungian Archetypes and Mid-Life Spirituallity." You see, the 1999 book is a reprint of the 1989 title, which quickly went out of print, and has been given a new chance by, of course, the Jung Society.
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Summary: amazing
Review: yes, i highly recommend this book. i found it perhaps life-changing, really. Moving, articulate, i'm surprised its not rated higher.
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