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Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals Hardback - 2004

by Thomas Moore

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'Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference.'From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul comes the long-anticipated sequel, an uplifting and groundbreaking approach to life's darkest hoursEvery human journey is filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career disappointments or just an ongoing sense of dissatisfaction with life. Society tends to view these 'dark nights' in clinical terms as obstacles to be overcome as quickly as possible. But Thomas Moore's extensive career as a psychologist and theologian has taught him that honoring these periods of fragility as periods of incubation and opportunities to delve the soul's deepest needs can provide healing and a new understanding of life's meaning.Dark Nights of the Soul presents these metaphoric dark nights not as the enemy, but as times of transition, occasions to restore yourself, and transforming rites of passage. Moore shows specific ways to engage life more deeply through particular challenges and shares a powerful new outlook on such topics as: - The healing power of melancholy - The sexual dark night and the mysteries of matrimony- Finding solace during illness and in aging- Anxiety, anger, and temporary Insanities - Linking creativity, spirituality, and emotional struggles - Finding meaning and beauty in the darknessWith the soothing, accessible tone and practical philosophy that have made Moore an internationally beloved author, Dark Nights of the Soul will help you tend to the deepest needs of the heart and spirit in a modern world full of life's challenges, and is sure to be a comforting companion during your most difficult times.

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Explains how to use times of challenge, disappointment, illness, and dissatisfaction as an opportunity to explore the soul's deepest needs in order to provide healing and a new understanding of the meaning of life.

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  • Title Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals
  • Author Thomas Moore
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 329
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Gotham Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date May 3, 2004
  • ISBN 9781592400676 / 1592400671
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 5.84 x 1.17 in (23.62 x 14.83 x 2.97 cm)
  • Category Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004003140
  • Dewey Decimal Code 204.42

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Deeply consoling intelligence... What distinguishes Care of the Soul from the ordinary self-help or inspiration books is the depth and originality of Mr. Moore's observations. (Phyllis Theroux, The New York Times)A thoughtful, eloquent, inspiring... discourse on how we can bring imagination, poetry, and yes, soul, back into our lives. (San Francisco Chronicle)In these reductive and fundamentalist times, Thomas Moore asks us to acknowledge the dark moon within us all, to question the workings of a sun-bright culture which demands our happy, healthy productivity at perhaps the cost of our very souls. This is a wise and timely book, and I cannot recommend it highly enough! (Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog and In the Bedroom)All of us go through troubled times, when we lie awake at night unable to sleep, wishing we had a comforting book to read. Now you do. DARK NIGHTS brings solace to the aching heart. (Marianne Williamson, author of Everyday Grace and A Return to Love)Thomas Moore is the master of conveying the insight that the dark times in our lives are not threats but friends and teachers. (Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People)Psssst! Here's the secret left unsaidDark Nights of the Soul is an intriguing, insightful and ultimately seductive book, inviting us below all surfaces into the undercurrents of human endeavor. Amidst every difficulty Thomas Moore is there to offer each of us a very sure and companionable hand, guiding us through the awkward, the unforeseen and the unforgivable. Through it all, the book radiates a sense of quiet, reassuring magnificence. A very fine achievement. (David Whyte, poet and author of Crossing the Unknown Sea and Everything is Waiting for You)

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