The Holy Longing: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Yearning

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Summary: The Holy Longing: The Hidden Power of Spirritual Yearning
Review: I found the book to be of little usefulness. The author jumped from topic to topic without any cohesion and intermingled stories that failed to make her point. I finished the book at laid in on the recycle pile.

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Summary: This book speaks to your soul
Review: If you long for something greater than yourself but believe it's a romantic partner or a spiritual teacher, think again. This book gets to the root of our restless yearning and urges us to follow it consciously, not unconsciously as most of us do. It tells the stories of yogis and saints, as well as folks like us, who reach ecstatic moments and also suffer dark nights, when their holy longing goes off track. In this book Dr. Zweig extends her brilliant work on the shadow into the spiritual and religious worlds, joining spirituality to psychology and shedding light once again into the remote corners of our lives.
Bravo!

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Summary: THE LONGING FOR GOD AND ITS SHADOW
Review: THIS IS A BRILLIANT WORK BY A GIFTED WRITER. THE WORK IS ACCESSIBLE AND AT TIMES DEEPLY MOVING. DRAWING UPON HER BACKGROUND AS A JUNGIAN-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPIST, MEDITATION TEACHER, AND RESEARCHER, DR. ZWEIG BEAUTIFULLY INTEGRATES TEACHINGS FROM THE PERENNIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH FINDINGS OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY TO LOOK AT THE UNIVERSAL LONGING FOR GOD AND ITS PROBLEMS AND PITFALLS. I CITE ZWEIG'S WORK REGULARLY IN MY LECTURES AND CLASSES AT VARIOUS JUNGIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE RECEIVED ONLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM MY STUDENTS AND CLIENTS IN JUNGIAN ANALYSIS.