Gods and Diseases
eBook - ePub

Gods and Diseases

Making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Gods and Diseases

Making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing

About this book

Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few. Many mental health problems are on the increase such as depression, phobias and anxiety with no obvious solution in sight.

In Gods and Diseases, David Tacey argues that the answers lie in leaving behind the confines of conventional medicine. Instead we should turn towards spirituality and to what he calls 'meaning-making', to make sense of our physical and mental wellbeing and explore how the numinous may help us to heal.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction: Return of the Gods
  7. 1. Gods and Diseases
  8. 2. The Suffering of Spiritual Rebirth
  9. 3. The Midlife Crisis as Spiritual Interruption
  10. 4. Cancer Phobia as a Doorway to Soul
  11. 5. Sexuality and the Sacred
  12. 6. Incest, Child Abuse and Alcoholism
  13. 7. Depression, Self-harm and Suicide
  14. 8. The Storm Gods and the German Psychosis
  15. 9. Spirituality, Medicine, Health
  16. Conclusion: The Numinous as a Source of Healing
  17. Bibliographical Note
  18. Endnotes
  19. Index