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

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 Street samples 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.

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

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 Street samples 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.

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

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

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

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

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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 Street samples 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781556437748
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 03/13/2012
Pages: 640
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

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 vii

Foreword M. Guy Thompson viii

Introduction: E. Graham Howe's Psychology of Incarnation William Stranger 1

E. Graham Howe: A Brief Biography William Stranger 27

Prologue: An Experiment 37

Part I Relationship-The Meeting Between Heaven and Earth 39

Chapter 1 What Is Reality? 41

Chapter 2 The Selves 67

Chapter 3 Incarnation 75

Chapter 4 What Is Relationship? 97

Chapter 5 Relationship, Touch, and Meditation 109

Part II The Anatomy of Incarnation 115

Chapter 6 The War of Nerves 117

Chapter 7 The Holy Mountain 159

Chapter 8 The Psychic Compass 171

Chapter 9 The Wheel and the Road 195

Chapter 10 Anatomy of the Invisible 211

Part III Separating the Opposites 221

Chapter 11 Yes and No 223

Chapter 12 Anxiety 227

Chapter 13 Instinct and Intuition 235

Chapter 14 Feeling and Emotion 243

Chapter 15 Aggressiveness 249

Chapter 16 Repression 257

Chapter 17 Willpower 261

Part IV The Holy Family 273

Chapter 18 In the Beginning,… CONSCIOUSNESS 275

Chapter 19 Sex: A Problem of Relationship 281

Chapter 20 This Woman Business 291

Chapter 21 Where Has Father Gone? 305

Chapter 22 Marriage 309

Chapter 23 The Meaning of Time: Time, Tide, and Rhythm 315

Part V Patterns of Avoidance 331

Chapter 24 Hysteria: The Great Reversal 333

Chapter 25 The Spoiled Child 379

Chapter 26 The Inferiority Complex 407

Chapter 27 Compulsion Neurosis 441

Chapter 28 Depression 487

Chapter 29 Hysteric or Schizoid? 523

Chapter 30 Schizophrenia 543

Part VI The Therapeutic Process 549

Chapter 31 What Does THAT Mean for Psychiatry? 551

Chapter 32 What Is the Therapeutic Process? 561

Chapter 33 What Makes a Good Therapist? 569

Part VII The Way of the Spirit 573

Chapter 34 The Meaning of Growth 575

Chapter 35 The Spirit 579

Epilogue: Make the Bells Ring 603

Endnotes 605

Editor's Acknowledgements 607

Index 609

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