Subtitle:
How the body expresses the needs of the psyche and offers a path to transformation
Place of Publication:
Wilmette, Illinois
Publisher:
Chiron Publications
Copyright Date:
2001
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
1888602163
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
RL 701 .R68 2001
Accession Number:
001724
Keyword Subject Headings:
Psyche and soma
Psychosomatic conditions
Mind-body connection
Skin disorders--Psychological aspects
Scars and scarrification--Psychological, medical, and symbolic aspects
Dermatology
Shamanism and healing
Africa--indigenous healing traditions
Psychosomatic conditions
Mind-body connection
Skin disorders--Psychological aspects
Scars and scarrification--Psychological, medical, and symbolic aspects
Dermatology
Shamanism and healing
Africa--indigenous healing traditions
User Notes:
The author is an OFJ speaker.
Paperbound; 216 pp., including 62 black-and-white and color illustrations,
bibliographic references in endnotes, a bibliography, and an index.
Contents:
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter one: The coming of the scars
Chapter two: The scars blossom and analysis begins
Chapter three: Transforming the darkness into gold
Chapter four: The family fire
Chapter five: Uncovering the jewel
Chapter six: Mother's return
Chapter seven: The keloid speaks to me
Chapter eight: Going to Africa
Chapter nine: The shaman's message
Chapter ten: Finding god in the scars
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
