Divine Waba (Within, Among, Between and Around): A Jungian Exploration of Spiritual Paths (The Jung on the Hudson Book series) - Softcover

Spiegelman, J. Marvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089254077X ISBN 13: 9780892540778

Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc, 2003

Synopsis

WABA is J. Marvin Spiegelman's mnemonic for the various manifestations of the experience of the divine: Within, Among, Between, and Around. He details how Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Kabbalah exemplify the divine within/ the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca clearly illustrates the divine among/ the Alchemical model exemplifies the divine between/ and the numinous experiences we find in nature, art, and synchronicity reveal the divine around us.

Using his vast knowledge of symbolism and his desire for an ecumenical approach to religion, Spiegelman unfolds the fascinating images of the world's major spiritual traditions and how they relate to each other. There are chapters devoted to The Zen Ox-Herding Pictures, the Kundalini Path of Hinduism, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. He further explores the rosary and its symbolism of the Christian mysteries, women's mysteries as illustrated in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, and the path of the shaman.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Marvin Spiegelman's life spans the better part of the 20th century. As a sailor in the U.S. Naval Reserve and Merchant Marine and a spiritual seeker, he has been around the world, literally and metaphorically, having known and worked with such influential people as Israel Regardie and C.A. Meier (a colleague of C.G. Jung). He holds a Ph.D. in clinical and social psychology from UCLA, and has diplomas from both the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and the American Board of Psychiatry. From 1961 to 1966, he was a consultant in psychology and psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital. He taught at the University of Colorado, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and at UCLA, USC, and the Pacifica Graduate Institute. He has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst in the Los Angeles area since 1959. His other books include Reich, Jung, Regardie & Me: The Unhealed Healer (New Falcon, 1991), Buddhism and Jungian Psychotherapy (New Falcon, 1995), and the anthology Catholicism andJungian Psychology (New Falcon, 1995), which he edited.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 089254077X
• ISBN 13: 9780892540778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288