The Theft of the Spirit

By Carl A. Hammerschlag

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, The Theft of the Spirit is Carl Hammerschlag's journey to spiritual healing filled with remarkable stories about spiritual connections.

Using Native American experience as an example, author Carl Hammerschlag provides advice on living wisely, well, and spiritually in an increasingly materialistic world, all in The Theft of the Spirit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671885537
• ISBN13: 9780671885533
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Learning what is the spirit....

Very enlightening. He explains using scenarios from experiences combining the dawning of understanding with his individual exchanges with friends,patients and complete strangers....

Saved my Life

The title of this review although may sound dramtic, it is true. My history of being sexually abused at a young age scarred my soul. I pursued a variety of treatment modalities. Meeting Dr, Hammerschlag and participating in his Turtle Island Project was an awakening and moved me on a path of healing. Theft of the Spirit is a wonderful muse for anyone. Inspiring, It propelled me to write, " Above His Shoulders " my true account of sexual abuse and my own healing. I reference all of Dr. Hammerschlag books in my memoir.

Well worth the price of admission...

It the spirit of his other book, "Dancing Healers," Dr. Hammerschlag puts together a collection of stories of healing. His insightful approach to using ritual along with "Western Medicine," helps us explore ourselves, our lives and our place in the world. This book should be on every bookshelf in every home. The renewed sense of spirituality and hope the reader obtains through reading this cannot be measured. Truly inspirational reading. Dr. H is a master storyteller.

A manual for life and health

It the spirit of his other book, "Dancing Healers," Dr. Hammerschlag puts together a collection of stories of healing. His insightful approach to using ritual along with "Western Medicine," helps us explore ourselves, our lives and our place in the world. This book should be on every bookshelf in every home. The renewed sense of spirituality and hope the reader obtains through reading this cannot be measured. Truly inspirational reading. Dr. H is a master storyteller.

Connects Nat. Am. healing concepts with western medicine

I have given this book and Hammerschlag's other great work, "The Dancing Healers," as a set to my sons for college graduation. They hope their college experinces will help them make a living. I know these books will help them live. Dr. Hammerschlag provides us the rationale found in Western medicine that explains why the art of healing has flourished, isolated from mainstream society, in the hogans and pueblos of the American Southwest. Through these reminiscences of healing, the reader also gains a sobering insight into the consequesnces, physical and psychological, suffered by those of us whose lives are devoid of spiritual vitality. Hammerschlag certainly provides valuable information but his gift to us in these volumes is wisdom. I have enjoyed many books but few have effected my life as these have. Should you ever meet him, thank him for myself and my sons

If I only possessed one book....this would be it.

I use this book as a guide..for my life and my work....As a psychotherapist and healer....i could live and work by this book alone.....filled with gems and insights....truths and all that is good....bravo, Dr. H.......can't wait for more from you