The Still Good Hand of God: The Magic and Mystery of the Unconscious Mind

by Michael Gellert

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892540206
• ISBN13: 9780892540204
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Nicolas-Hays
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Modern Mysticism

I'm at a loss as to why this book is not better known. Whenever someone asks me where he or she should start in order to break their mind free from its habitual sleepwalking, into an expanded view of reality, this remarkable book is where I suggest that they start. I've read it at least three times now- and I'm quite prepared to do so again.This book is about the unconscious as much as it is religious experience (as opposed to religious dogma.) This is because the author sees the unconscious as the matrix from which God reaches out to us. He isn't saying that God is merely another name for the unconscious- he is saying that the unconscious is the interface whereby we interact with God. The perspective is Jungian, yet it goes far beyond Jung's published works. This is because the author recognizes that the unconscious is far more vast than even Jung imagined. The purpose of this work is to ready us for our own interaction with the unconscious- and therefore, God.A perfect example of a man being driven to his limits, and as a result, being forced into a new level of awareness and consciousness, is the author's account of his harrowing experiences in Calcutta, India. He found himself transformed into a defacto saddhu, or wandering holy man, against his will. He was suddenly hungry, homeless, and defenseless among the homeless and outcast in the city of Kali- and experienced an enlightenment, or epiphany, of "oneness" as a result. This man was truly in the "Belly of the Whale." If you've ever been in similar conditions, you will recognize the unmistakable truth of the account. Such an experience either breaks or kills you- or you break through the veil....

Presents convincing testimony for the invisible realities.

Author presents his childhood experience of God as well as unusual perceptions connected with a nightmarish passage in India among the untouchables. His evocative portrayal of his experiences reveals the subtext of the immaterial in the material world and God in human suffering as well as the unusual capabilities of the human psyche.