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""The Act of Imagination is a book on psychosynthesis with a difference, emphasizing the individual's lived experience and, in this sense, takes the reader on a remarkable journey. It elucidates several highly held values in psychosynthesis-that it is empirical and to be validated according to how it fits one's experience, rather than a doctrine or dogma to be swallowed. It requires us to read with a confluence of our head and our heart, providing a refreshing approach to learning."" -Diana Whitmore, author of Psychosynthesis Counselling in Action ""Allan Frater's The Act of Imagination is a contemporary, original description of psychosynthesis, with a wealth of examples and useful explanations, and a lucid view of its apparent contradictions, its secret gifts and promises. It evidently comes from an insider's knowledge of the material. Allan is not only a capable therapist but also a fine writer. I learned quite a bit from this book."" -Piero Ferrucci, author of The Art and Science of Psychotherapy and The Power of Kindness ""The Act of Imagination is an original, refreshing, and revitalizing read. Allan Frater offers is a meticulous and incisive exposition of the essential context and dynamics of psychosynthesis. Weaving together the experiential with the conceptual, the foundational process of ""synthesis"" is illuminated as the motive force at the heart of all psychological life. Put simply, it is the clearest exposition of psychosynthesis I have read in my 20 years of practice as a psychotherapist. A must-read for students and practitioners alike."" -Susan Holliday, author of Hidden Wonders of the Human Heart ""The Act of Imagination is an extremely thoughtful contribution to the evolving literature of psychosynthesis. Its central argument is disarmingly simple yet philosophically ambitious: psychosynthesis is not a doctrine but an experience defined by synthesis - by bringing together diverse aspects of the human psyche into an organic whole. This is a book written by a practitioner who has wrestled with psychosynthesis from the inside - its brilliance, its contradictions, and its living history. It will be especially valuable to practitioners who want not just to learn Psychosynthesis, but to think about it, question it, and most importantly - experience it. -Phillip Carr-Gomm, author of The Gift of the Night

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Allan Frater is an author, psychotherapist and teacher at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London, UK. He is interested in the role of imagination within normal everyday life, creative work and healing/transformation. Find out more via www.wildimagination.uk

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