"I find this an extraordinarily well-written, original and profound
work that extends our understanding of the relation between psyche
and soma. Dr. Dennis' integration of personal material and theory
makes possible a synthesis of active imagination, the daimonic and
the subtle body. Much of the region is still unexplored and any
reader will have the excitement of seeing new lands for the first
time. I believe the material to be deeply practical for individual
integration of psyche and soma." -Dr. Alan B. Ruskin, Jungian
Analyst-- "Reviews"
"I was deeply moved by the force and effort of these personal
revelations that show that in spite of the alarming and painful
character of the visions, they may represent something more than
the bad effects of childhood, past lives, or defective genes.
Dennis suggests that they may represent a cultural movement into
the next era of great importance, as they indicate the emergence of
a dark, descending spirituality, like the lower worlds of the
shaman, which is absolutely necessary to balance the recent
emphasis on 'light.' This world indeed corresponds with the rise of
'the feminine' and its values. This book advances our understanding
of this ongoing process tremendously." -Don Sandner, author, The
Sacred Heritage: The Influence of Shamanism on Analytic
Psychology-- "Reviews"
"Sandra Dennis has written a courageous, important book. In Embrace
of the Daimon, she moves psychology into a fuller engagement with
the uncharted depths of archetypal, imaginal reality embedded in
bodily experience. In this pioneering work, she forges a bridge
between the worlds of the scholar and the visionary, and in so
doing makes a significant contribution to the phenomenology of
altered states of consciousness. Her prose is eloquently
descriptive, precise, at times compactly poetic. Her first-person
accounts are moving, often searing in realms that traditionally
resist description. Our era needs to hear her call for a descent
into the dark recesses of the psyche that can reunite body and
soul." -Richard Tarnas, author, The Passion of the Western Mind,
Psyche and Cosmos-- "Reviews"
"When I first read the draft for Embrace of the Daimon I was
thrilled to be reading such an intimate portrayal of profound
change embedded in the framework of experiences of other explorers
of personal depth like Jung, Sade and Blake. This book is a rare
documentation of a spontaneous eruption of wild stories and
monstrous characters from the primeval spaces of the unconscious
psyche, characters who, over time, become benevolent carriers of an
emotional reunion of soul with body. Dr. Dennis takes us to the
edge of imaginal experience and traces an implicit road map for the
millennial tasks of healing the harmful separation between body,
soul, and spirit that now afflicts us." -Betty Meador, author
Uncurse this Darkness-- "Reviews"
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