The Druid of Harley Street The Spiritual Psychology of E. Graham Howe

by Howe, E. Graham; Stranger, William; Stranger, William

• ISBN13: 9781556437748
• ISBN10: 1556437749
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-13
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

In early 20th-century Britain, interest in psychoanalysis was high, leading to the formation of the famous Tavistock Clinic in 1920. E. Graham Howe was one of the clinic's founders and the first to publish articles on psychotherapy. At the same time, he was attacked by the "scientific" psychiatry and psychoanalysis communities because he took concepts derived from spiritual practice and existential phenomenology and applied them to an understanding of psychotherapy. Howe's writings included more than a dozen books and countless articles on a broad range of subjects from schizophrenia to Asian spiritual practices. Through these works he exerted a profound influence on intellectuals such as R.D. Laing, Alan Watts, and Henry Miller, to name a few. Howe also wrote in a simple and clear style, making his work accessible to the general public.The Druid of Harley Streetsamples the best of his essays, offering timely insights for followers of Jung, Roberto Assagioli, and Mark Epstein; students of somatic therapies; and spiritual and meditation practitioners. The book also offers a fascinating glimpse of a great mind, the notable people in his life, and the heady times in which he lived.

Author Biography

Eric Graham Howe was born in England in 1896. His books include Motives and Mechanisms of the Mind, Morality and Reality, The Open Way, and The Triumphant Spirit. A commissioned BBC radio lecturer during World War II, he died in 1975. Editor William Stranger lives in Cobb, CA.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
Introduction: E. Graham Howe's Psychology of Incarnation	p. 1
E. Graham Howe: A Brief Biography	p. 27
Prologue: An Experiment	p. 37
Relationship-The Meeting Between Heaven and Earth	p. 39
What Is Reality?	p. 41
The Selves	p. 67
Incarnation	p. 75
What Is Relationship?	p. 97
Relationship, Touch, and Meditation	p. 109
The Anatomy of Incarnation	p. 115
The War of Nerves	p. 117
The Holy Mountain	p. 159
The Psychic Compass	p. 171
The Wheel and the Road	p. 195
Anatomy of the Invisible	p. 211
Separating the Opposites	p. 221
Yes and No	p. 223
Anxiety	p. 227
Instinct and Intuition	p. 235
Feeling and Emotion	p. 243
Aggressiveness	p. 249
Repression	p. 257
Willpower	p. 261
The Holy Family	p. 273
In the Beginning,… CONSCIOUSNESS	p. 275
Sex: A Problem of Relationship	p. 281
This Woman Business	p. 291
Where Has Father Gone?	p. 305
Marriage	p. 309
The Meaning of Time: Time, Tide, and Rhythm	p. 315
Patterns of Avoidance	p. 331
Hysteria: The Great Reversal	p. 333
The Spoiled Child	p. 379
The Inferiority Complex	p. 407
Compulsion Neurosis	p. 441
Depression	p. 487
Hysteric or Schizoid?	p. 523
Schizophrenia	p. 543
The Therapeutic Process	p. 549
What Does THAT Mean for Psychiatry?	p. 551
What Is the Therapeutic Process?	p. 561
What Makes a Good Therapist?	p. 569
The Way of the Spirit	p. 573
The Meaning of Growth	p. 575
The Spirit	p. 579
Epilogue: Make the Bells Ring	p. 603
Endnotes	p. 605
Editor's Acknowledgements	p. 607
Index	p. 609
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.