Making Peace with the Universe
Making Peace with the Universe The world's great religious and philosophical traditions often include poignant testimonies of spiritual turmoil and healing. In the company of William James, Socrates,…
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Making Peace with the Universe
The world's great religious and philosophical traditions often include poignant testimonies of spiritual turmoil and healing. In the company of William James, Socrates, Muslim legal scholar turned mystic Hamid al-Ghazali, Chinggis Khan as described by the Daoist monk Qui Chuji, and jazz musician and Catholic convert Mary Lou Williams, Alexander traces the steps from existential crisis to psychological health. Following episodes of harrowing personal crisis, including addictions, periods of anxiety and panic, and reminders of mortality, these accounts then also describe pathways to consolation and resolution.In Making Peace with the Universe, Michael Scott Alexander reads diverse classic religious accounts as masterpieces of therapeutic insight.
He recasts spiritual confessions as case histories of therapy, showing how they remain radical and deeply meaningful even in an