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This volume is a much-needed exploration of contemporary theories on psychotherapy and spirituality, moving away from the more traditional, non-spiritual aspects of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. The book consists of a dialogue between the opposing sides; most of the papers have responses from the ""other"" side. This dialogue mirrors the early communication between Freud and Jung regarding spirituality, and opens up doors for continuing collaboration between psychoanalysis as a pure science and the spiritual and religious dimensions within.This inspiring collection of papers grew from the lectures held in 2002 at the London Centre for Psychotherapy. In the time of increased interest in more scientific schools of psychoanalysis such as neuropsycho-analysis, there is also a surge of interest in spirituality within psychoanalysis, as demonstrated by the great interest in these lectures.

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'The foregoing developments, now widely discussed in the psychoanalytic literature, influenced my approach in organizing these lectures. If within the bastions of ""hard"" science, inner experience has become a legitimate topic of discussion; if even the major figures in the world of physics - Einstein, Heisenberg, Pauli, and Bohm - could publicly acknowledge a spiritual perspective, perhaps the time was ripe to attempt a modest resumption of the aborted collaboration between Freud and Jung?'- Nathan Field from the Introduction

I was fascinated with the breadth of content and felt fortunate to learn a bit more about anthropology, quantum physics, and Eastern philosophy, all of which I enjoyed. In this way, I enjoyed the lectures and feel they have opened many windows through which I hope to peer in the future. Many great thinkers are cited, and it is exciting to have access to such references for future study. --PsycCRITIQUES

I was fascinated with the breadth of content and felt fortunate to learn a bit more about anthropology, quantum physics, and Eastern philosophy, all of which I enjoyed. In this way, I enjoyed the lectures and feel they have opened many windows through which I hope to peer in the future. Many great thinkers are cited, and it is exciting to have access to such references for future study.

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NATHAN FIELD trained as a Jungian analyst with the British Association of Psychotherapists in the 1960s and has now retired from private practice. He is the former Chair and Fellow of the London Centre for Psychotherapy and the author of Breakdown and Breakthrough: Psychotherapy in a New Dimension (Routledge, 1996).

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