Self and Society Volume 30 Issue 6

The following lists the contents of Self and Society, Volume 30 Issue 6.
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Editorial:
Author: Alexandra Chalfont
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Letter:
Letters
Author: Tony Wilson
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Article:
Sex for therapists and other human beings
Author: Petrūska Clarkson
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SHAMANISM:
Shamanism and Psychotherapy
Author: Leo Rutherford
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Abstract:

Shamanism is our ancient roots wherever we live and whatever sort of culture we have grown up in. It is our spiritual heritage. Look back far enough in time and all of us come from shamanistic cultures.


When Consciousness looks at ITSELF: the Shamanism pattern
Author: Joy Manné
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Abstract:

The Encyclopaedia of Religion starts its article on shamanism saying, ‘in the strict sense (it) is pre-eminently a religious phenomenon of Siberia.’ A year or two ago the New Scientist described ‘shamanism’ as a bucket category. If we explore the shamanic life pattern, we open the question whether it is a human universal.


Article:
Psychotherapy: paradoxes, pitfalls & potential
Author: Michael Soth
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Abstract:

We do not resolve our conflicts. We lose interest in them as we grow out of them. The polarisation of opposites which we suffer is not resolved, removed or even transcended, but it does not necessarily have to continue to dominate our experience, if we can enter, sustain and rest in the underlying paradox freely re-formulated after Jung:


AHP page
Author: John Buckle
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The regular COLUMN
Author: Jane Barclay
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Book Review:
Reviews
Authors: Gunnel Minett, David Jones
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Article:
Ethical PRACTICE issues
Author: Tony Morris
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