The Call of Spiritual Emergency: From Personal Crisis to Personal Transformation
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Emma Inc. Bragdon. The Call of Spiritual Emergency: From Personal Crisis to Personal Transformation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Sword-Bridge
Historical Perspective on Spiritual Emergency
The Transpersonal Levels
Who Needs Help?
Chapter 2. Spiritual Emergence Is Not Crazy!
Are We Becoming a Nation of Mystics?
The Positive Results of Spiritual Experience
Spiritual Emergency Versus Psychosis
Spiritual Emergence: My Story
Chapter 3. The Forms of Spiritual Emergency
Breakdown or Breakthrough?
Forms of Spiritual Emergency
Entering the Transpersonal: A Zigzag Course
Crucial Support Issues
Chapter 4. Time of Life
Childhood
Adolescence
Mid-Life
Late Adulthood and Preparation for Death
Chapter 5. Spiritual Practice
The Role of Religions in Spiritual Emergence
The Psychological and Physiological Aspects of Spiritual Emergence
The Search for True Spiritual Experience
Spiritual Emergence in Churches: A Vision
An Innovative Spiritual Community
Chapter 6. Physical Stress
Athletics
Childbirth
Near-Death Experience (NDE)
Our Own Chemistry Makes Us High!
Conventional Psychiatry and Transpersonal States
Counseling in Hospitals
Alternative Modes of Healing in Hospitals
A Reason for Medical Emergency
Chapter 7. Emotional Distress
Emotional Distress Due to Loss
Social Fragmentation
Emotional Trauma of Childhood: Divorce, Physical, or Sexual Abuse
Emotional Distress Due to No-Self
Feast after Famine: Intensive Workshops
The Role of Emotional Catharsis in Spiritual Emergence
Chapter 8. Sexual Experiences and Spiritual Emergency
High Sex
Falling into High Sex
Sex as the Experience of Mystical Union
Spiritual Emergency in the Bedroom
Spiritual Emergence and Sex
Sexuality as Shared Spiritual Practice
Chapter 9. Drug Use and Spiritual Emergency
Recreational Drugs
Psychiatric Drugs
Anesthetics
Set and Setting
Chapter 10. Global Crisis and Spiritual Emergence
True Safety in a Rapidly Changing World
Cross-Fertilization of East and West
The Breakdown of Traditional Cultures
Global Consciousness
The Wisdom Culture
Twenty-Four-Hour Care for People in Spiritual Emergency: Models for Worldwide Use
Chapter 11. How to Help in Spiritual Emergency
Grounding for the Helper
Grounding the Person in Crisis
Integrating Back into Life
Glossary
Resources
References
Footnotes
Author Biography
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This book has been given life by many people. Christina Grof has kindly encouraged me to contribute my voice to the field of spiritual emergency, which she initiated with her husband, Stanislav. I appreciate the Grofs' dedication to circulating information about spiritual emergency and their making way for new voices to enrich the song.
Tom Grady at Harper & Row helped with the first outline for this book after Shoshana Tembeck Alexander proposed that I further develop the ideas from A Sourcebook for Helping People in Spiritual Emergency. I am indebted to their initial encouragement and timely inspiration. Continuing as my editor, Shoshana gave of her big mind and kind heart—helping me bring these ideas down to earth. I am grateful for her wisdom and generosity. Mark Salzwedel at Harper & Row was a considerate and gentle companion as he taught me about the intricate steps of the publishing world.
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As the structure of our lives changes and we perceive mental disturbance, caring for someone in an extreme state, spiritual growth and mental health differently, each of us has also changed. My story illustrates this.
How I Have Branched Out
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