Have you ever wondered why you are drawn to certain people, ideas, or products and turned off by others? Are you constantly searching for something you can't put your finger on, or wondering whether you are living a life that truly fits?
Caroline Myss is an internationally renowned medical intuitive, a pioneer in energy medicine, the bestselling author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Why People Don't Heal and How They Can and co-author with C. Norman Shealy (founder of the American Holistic Medical Association) of The Creation of Health. Myss conducts ongoing workshops on 'Sacred Contracts' all year round, all over the world. She tours Australia at least twice a year, always to sellout audiences.
Best-selling author Myss (Anatomy of the Spirit) writes a laundry list of 12 archetypes; the impetus behind the categories is valid-if you can figure out who you are, through encouragement, your positive attributes may become self-actualizing. However, this unfortunate amalgam of modern stereotypes doesn't come close to identifying itself with the concept of archetypes originating from the field's leading thinkers. Myss's "new" archetypes are watered-down versions of previous incarnations, appealing to a trendy sensibility. In addition, each chapter has a "male counterpart," which one may only guess is a nod to Jung's anima/animus, a misunderstanding even Myss senses when she writes that archetypes are "mostly inherently genderless." Is preying on women with low self-esteem an honest way to increase book sales? Verdict Read Joseph Campbell, Carol Pearson, Carl Jung, or your favorite fairy tales and/or myths and be inspired by the magnitude of the archetype's true form. This book is an unnecessary purchase. -Nadine Dalton Speidel, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Parma, OH (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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