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9781885394231

Everyday Initiations : How to Survive Crises Using Rituals

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    9781885394231

  • ISBN10:

    1885394233

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-08-01
  • Publisher: Amber Lotus
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Summary

Connects general Short-comings of Western societies with the loss of rituals in daily life.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Meaning and Might of Transitions 13(4)
PART I 17(40)
The Crisis
19(2)
The Mandala as a Pattern of Life
21(8)
Rituals as Keys to New Phases in Life
29(20)
Rituals and Their Effects
33(6)
Intact Ritual Worlds
39(2)
Healing Rituals
41(3)
Rituals of Initiation
44(2)
Temporal Qualities of Rites and Festivals
46(3)
The Year and Its Festivals
49(8)
The Year and Human Life as Reflected by the Sun
50(4)
The Cycle of the Moon as a Developmental Mandala
54(3)
PART II 57(282)
Conception and Pregnancy
59(30)
Rituals of Greeting Versus Lock of Respect for Life
74(4)
Problems During Pregnancy
78(7)
Sensitivity to Odors
78(1)
Drugs
79(1)
Nausea and Vomiting
79(1)
Dizziness and Weakness
80(2)
Premature Labor
82(3)
Looking Back at the Beginnings of Life
85(2)
Questions About Conception and Pregnancy
87(2)
Space for Practical Experience
88(1)
Birth
89(36)
Problems During Birth
100(4)
Birth Complications
104(13)
Breech Presentation
107(3)
Transvers Presentation
110(2)
Cesarean Section
112(1)
Problems of the Mother
112(2)
Problems of the Child
114(3)
Other Problems Involving Birth and Letting Go
117(3)
Premature Rupture of the Amniotic Sec
117(1)
Premature Birth
118(1)
Premature Separation of the Placenta
119(1)
Umbilical Cord Around the Newborn's Neck
120(1)
Summary
120(2)
Questions About Birth
122(3)
Therapeutic Possibilities for Resolving the Trauma of Birth
123(2)
Post-partem Crises and Small Children's Crises
125(28)
After the Birth
127(10)
Post-Partem Depression and Puerperal Psychosis
127(3)
Loss of Sexual Desire
130(2)
The Newborn Child's Problems
132(2)
Nursing Problems
134(1)
One Bed and the Other
135(1)
Teething
136(1)
Weaning
136(1)
Toddler's Crises
137(13)
Crawlers, Bookworms and Problems Learning to Read
137(1)
Standing Up and Becoming Upstanding
138(1)
The First ``No'' and the Spite Phase
139(2)
Classical Power Struggles
141(1)
The (Upper) Pot: Problems with Eating
142(2)
The (Lower) Pot: Problems with Toiler Training
144(1)
``Taps'': Bedtime
145(3)
Little Rituals Instead of Big Power Struggles
148(2)
Questions About the Age of Infancy and Young Childhood
150(3)
Childhood Crises
153(8)
Childhood Diseases and Inoculation Campaigns
154(2)
Kindergarten Fun or Preschool Stress?
156(2)
The First Day of School
158(1)
Questions About Childhood
159(2)
Exercises for Children
160(1)
Puberty
161(50)
Problems and Symptoms
162(8)
The First Menstruation
162(2)
When the Voice Breaks
164(1)
Puberty and Acne
164(2)
Puberty and Anorexia
166(1)
Bulimia
166(2)
Suggested Therapies
168(2)
Rituals of Puberty
170(27)
Traditional Rituals
170(2)
Modern Rites
172(3)
Modern Childish Societies
175(4)
Eternal Youths and Timeless Virgins
179(1)
The Television Preschool
180(2)
Children's Food for Everyone
182(1)
Children's Fashion Paradise
183(1)
The Child in the Executive
184(1)
Childish Alpine Heroes
185(1)
Old Babies
186(1)
The Threatening World of Childhood:
187(1)
The Addicted Society
187(1)
Tests of Courage in Cars
188(1)
Seeking Danger for Its Own Sake
189(1)
Together We're (Half) Strong
190(3)
More Discriminating and Deadlier Surrogate Rituals
193(3)
Rituals of Becoming a Woman
196(1)
The Search for Surrogate Rituals
197(7)
Rituals of Searching
197(3)
Rituals to Prevent Addiction
200(1)
The First Cigarette
200(2)
The First Alcoholic Drink
202(1)
The Trap of Intoxicating Drugs
203(1)
The Necessity of Rebellion
204(1)
Ecstasy
205(2)
Questions About Puberty
207(4)
Exercises During Puberty
207(4)
Adolescence
211(6)
Questions about Adolescence
215(2)
Marriage
217(12)
Questions about Marriage
225(4)
Ideas for Divorce Rituals
226(1)
Ideas for Wedding Rituals
227(2)
Career
229(6)
Questions about Career
233(2)
Spiritual Crises
235(8)
Menopause and Midlife Crisis
243(42)
Diversionary Tactics
251(3)
Symptoms of Midlife Crisis
254(17)
Depression
254(4)
Involution Depression
258(1)
Swollen Prostate Gland
259(3)
Hair Loss
262(1)
Tumors
263(1)
Hysterectomy
264(2)
Complaints Associated with Menopause
266(5)
The Estrogen Madness
271(7)
Its Effects on Women
271(5)
Effects on the Environment---Ecological Burdens of a New Sort
276(2)
Animus and Anima
278(3)
Questions about Midlife Crisis
281(4)
Exercises
281(4)
Old Age
285(26)
Symptoms Associated with Aging
291(6)
The Archetypes of Old Age
297(10)
Questions About Aging
307(4)
Meditations to Prepare for the Great Letting-go
308(1)
Exercises
309(2)
Death
311(28)
Dying in Modern Times
312(8)
Dealing Consciously with Death
320(2)
Voluntary Death
322(2)
Crises After Death
324(1)
Possibilities for Becoming More Intimate with Death
325(3)
New Approaches for Becoming More Intimate with Death
328(1)
Death Rituals in Our Society
328(4)
Death from a Spiritual Point of View
332(7)
Exercises for Dealing with Death
337(2)
PART III 339(26)
The Day as a Reflection of Life
341(8)
The Proper Time and the Proper Sequence
349(4)
Perspectives
353(8)
Criteria for the Timing of Individual Transitions
354(1)
Tools and Building Blocks for Some Rituals of Transition
354(1)
The Phases of the Ritual of Transition
355(6)
Possible Building Blocks and Sequences of Exercises
358(3)
Outlook
361(4)
Appendix 365(2)
Endnotes 367(11)
Bibliography 378(3)
Index 381

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