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Hidden Treasure - Echoing Silence
Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing The many fans of Thomas Merton's writing may be unaware that the famous Trappist monk had much to say about the writing process itself. And his advice is much worth listening to. This volume gathers together much of what he has to say on the subject. -
Hidden Treasure - A Jewish Mother in Shangrila
A Jewish Mother in Shangri-la by Rosie Rosenzweig An old joke tells of a Jewish woman who treks to the Himalayas to seek an audience with a guru sitting in seclusion on a mountaintop. When at last she comes before him, she implores: "Sheldon, come home!" Rosie Rosenzweig was that Jewish mother-but in real life, -
Hidden Treasure - Ego and Archetype
Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche by Edward F. Edinger If you've heard C. G. Jung's ideas are good for you, but you're put off by the sheer volume of his work, try looking at him through this marvelous lens provided by the late Dr. Edward Edinger. He takes Jung's -
Hidden Treasure - Beneath a Single Moon
Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry, edited by Kent Johnson and Craig Paulenich Oh, just open this marvelous book sometime-anywhere-and fall into it. It's an anthology of the work of 45 poets who (at least around 1990, when this was published) practiced some form of Buddhism and had some idea that the -
Hidden Treasure - Personality Type
Personality Type: An Owner's Manual by Lenore Thomson If you've ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) and gotten your result (INFJ? ESTP?), you probably read the description of your type and moved on. Few know that the MBTI is actually based on ideas of personality typology developed by C. G. Jung. This book fleshes
