Moore, Thomas      <br/><br/>
Dark nights of the soul   a guide to finding your way through life's ordeals  
Thomas Moore. 
 - New York  Gotham Books  2004 
 - 329 pages  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Contents:<br/>pt. 1. Passages. The night-sea journey<br/>Rites of passage<br/>Sorting out and starting over<br/>The view from the moon<br/>Life's ironies<br/>pt. 2. Disturbances. Lovesickness<br/>Wedding nights<br/>Night eros<br/>Creativity, the child, and the sure-footed goat<br/>Dark beauty<br/>pt. 3. Degradations. The deep-red emotions<br/>Temporary insanities<br/>The island of illness<br/>The twilight years<br/>Navigating a dark night 
<br/><br/> Our lives are 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 Moore shows how honoring these periods of fragility as periods of incubation and positive 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, revealing an uplifting and inspiring new outlook 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781592401338 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004003140 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Suffering--Religious aspects.<br/>Depression--Religious aspects.<br/>Spiritual life.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>204.42 Moo   8