The Natural Depth in Man

by Wilson Van Dusen

Book Overview

Psychologist Wilson Van Dusen explores the secret spaces of our inner world with clues drawn from his own personal experience, his work with psychiatric patients, and his study of Eastern and Western philosophy. Drawing from the insights of Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg, Van Dusen discusses self-reflection, dreams, hallucinations, and the mystical experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877851654
• ISBN13: 9780877851653
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 7.0"

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Description and Contents

A psychologist draws from personal experience, work with psychiatric patients, and Eastern and Western philosophy to explore the inner world. Contents: * The Castle of the Mind * The Mystery of Ordinary Experiencing * To See and Hear Another Person * Self-Reflection--Existence Gains from Itself * Feeling-Imagery * In the Stillness of Mind * Fragile Fringe Phenomena * Dreams * The Shape of Madness * Hallucinations * Mystical Experience: The Flowering of Understanding * Implications of the Descent into Depth * Appendix: The Life of Emanuel Swedenborg * References