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Increasing numbers of people involved in personal transformation are experiencing spiritual emergencies--crises when the process of growth and change becomes chaotic and overwhelming. Individuals experiencing such episodes may feel that their sense of identity is breaking down, that their old values no longer hold true, and that the very ground beneath their personal realities is radically shifting. They may feel tremendous anxiety, have difficulty coping with their daily lives, jobs, and relationships, and may even fear for their own sanity. Unfortunately, much of modern psychiatry has failed to distinguish these episodes from mental illness. As a result, transformational crises are often suppressed by routine psychiatric care, medication, and even institutionalization. When understood and treated in a supportive manner, spiritual emergencies can become gateways to higher levels of functioning and new ways of being. In this book, foremost psychologists, psychiatrists, and spiritual teachers address the following questions: What is spiritual emergency? What is the relationship between spirituality, madness, and healing? What forms does spiritual emergency take? What are the pitfalls--and promises--of spiritual practice? How can people in spiritual emergency be assisted by family, friends, and professionals?

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Christina Grof was cocreator of Holotropic Breathwork, founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network (SEN), and the author of many books, including Beyond Deaths; Spiritual Emergency; The Stormy Search for the Self (all with Stanislav Grof), and The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spirit. Christina Grof was cocreator of Holotropic Breathwork, founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network (SEN), and the author of many books, including Beyond Deaths; Spiritual Emergency; The Stormy Search for the Self (all with Stanislav Grof), and The Thirst for Wholeness: Attachment, Addiction, and the Spirit. Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist with over sixty years of research experience in non-ordinary states of consciousness and one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology. He codeveloped Holotropic Breathwork, an innovative form of experiential psychotherapy that is now used worldwide. Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist with over sixty years of research experience in non-ordinary states of consciousness and one of the founders and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology. He codeveloped Holotropic Breathwork, an innovative form of experiential psychotherapy that is now used worldwide. Paul Brion has a passion for storytelling. He believes that audiobooks--our most current form of the oral tradition--are the purest of the interactive and co-creative arts. An autodidact with eclectic interests, he enjoys learning about a wide variety of subjects, as he has an avaricious hunger for knowledge.

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