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The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth Paperback - 2005

by Gerald G. May

May argues that the dark "shadow" side of the true spiritual life has been trivialized and neglected to serious detriment; superficial and naively upbeat spirituality does not heal and enrich the soul. Only the honest, sometimes difficult, encounters with what Christian spirituality has described in helpful detail as "the dark night of the soul" can lead to true spiritual wholeness.


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Now in paperback: a distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counsellor and bestselling author shows how the dark sides of the spiritual life are a vital ingredient in deep, authentic, healthy spirituality.

Gerald G. May, MD, one of the great spiritual teachers and writers of our time, argues that the dark 'shadow' side of the true spiritual life has been trivialised and neglected to our serious detriment. Superficial and naively upbeat spirituality does not heal and enrich the soul. Nor does the other tendency to relegate deep spiritual growth to only mystics and saints. Only the honest, sometimes difficult encounters with what Christian spirituality has called and described in helpful detail as 'the dark night of the soul' can lead to true spiritual wholeness.

May emphasises that the dark night is not necessarily a time of suffering and near despair, but a time of deep transition, a search for new orientation when things are clouded and full of mystery. The dark gives depth, dimension and fullness to the spiritual life.

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  • Title The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
  • Author Gerald G. May
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperOne, New York
  • Date 2005-02-01
  • ISBN 9780060750558 / 0060750553
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity, Teresa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003056966
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.2
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