{"product_id":"embodied-spirituality-in-a-sacred-michael-washburn-9780791458471","title":"Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents an account of human development from a depth-psychological, transpersonal perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone seeking a deeper understanding of human spirituality will find something of value in Michael Washburn's new book. Drawing on a rich variety of psychoanalytic, Jungian, and existential-phenomenological sources and on both Western and Asian spiritual texts, Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World provides a theoretical foundation for the idea that human development follows a spiral path. Washburn shows that ego development early in life requires us to turn our backs on original sources of our existence and, therefore, that spiritual development later in life requires us to spiral back to these sources on the way to whole-psyche integration. He elucidates the underlying causes and pivotal events that set development on its spiral course and traces six major dimensions of experience as they unfold along the spiral path: the unconscious, the energy system, the ego system, the perceived other, the experiential body, and the life-world. In providing a theoretical foundation for the idea of the spiral path, Washburn defends the idea against its critics and helps explain why the idea has been compelling to so many people in diverse traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Washburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791458474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791458471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.30w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael Washburn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241096687871,"sku":"9780791458471","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0663af4-1e23-4a59-94d9-0e9350e3113d.jpg?v=1772652697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embodied-spirituality-in-a-sacred-michael-washburn-9780791458471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}