The Call of Spiritual Emergency: From Personal Crisis to Personal Transformation

The Call of Spiritual Emergency: From Personal Crisis to Personal Transformation
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A feast of revealing narratives expose the amazing story of how people deal with critical points in personal transformation, also known as spiritual emergency. With the increase of interest in yoga, meditation, mental health recovery, and recovery from addiction there is renewed interest in care that is not based on medication as much as empathy and compassionate companionship. This book helps anyone who doesn&#39;t have a language to understand intense inner experiences and confuses them with mental illness.<br><br>If you have felt disoriented by intense spiritual experiences this book will help you understand where you are and where you may be heading. It is a map of the journey of spiritual awakening written by a psychologist who knows the territory well. Reading it may make the difference between heading off to the hospital to get drugs to stop the symptoms or staying home and knowing you are OK.<br><br>Just because you have had a conversation with your spirit guide, or talked to the spirit of someone who has passed away doesn&#39;t mean you are having a breakdown. It could mean you are having a breakthrough to a higher level of functioning. The author is a psychologist and knows the territory.

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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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