On the Way to the Wedding

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"In a time when too many popular remedies promise easy answers, this is a book that can genuinely guide people searching both for greater meaning in their own lives and for a mate to share their lives with."
—David Heller, Psychology Today
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With deep understanding and practical wisdom, Jungian therapist Linda Leonard writes about the longing for a true wedding, one that unites two beings in a sacred search for meaning in life. For many people, this longing focuses on the quest for a committed relationship with a soulmate. For others, it centers on the relationship with the creative muse, on union with the di\'ine, or on a wedding of opposite forces within the psyche. Exploring dreams, personal experiences, myths and fairy tales, and themes from films and literature, the author uncovers the inner obstacles to love and creativity as experienced by both men and women. The meanings of the traditional rituals of putting on the veil, taking the vow, and exchanging rings are... Tovább

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"In a time when too many popular remedies promise easy answers, this is a book that can genuinely guide people searching both for greater meaning in their own lives and for a mate to share their lives with."
—David Heller, Psychology Today
4
With deep understanding and practical wisdom, Jungian therapist Linda Leonard writes about the longing for a true wedding, one that unites two beings in a sacred search for meaning in life. For many people, this longing focuses on the quest for a committed relationship with a soulmate. For others, it centers on the relationship with the creative muse, on union with the di\'ine, or on a wedding of opposite forces within the psyche. Exploring dreams, personal experiences, myths and fairy tales, and themes from films and literature, the author uncovers the inner obstacles to love and creativity as experienced by both men and women. The meanings of the traditional rituals of putting on the veil, taking the vow, and exchanging rings are presented through a contemplation of the poetry and life of Rainer Maria Rilke. Leonard shows that whether one seeks an inner or an outer wedding, it is the work of transformation within that provides the transcendent ground for its attainment. Ultimately, On the Way to the Wedding is about living an authentic lile that honors with love and awe the mystery of the whole of existence.
Linda Schihrse Leonard is in private practice in San Francisco, lectures widely, and gives workshops on a variety of topics. A graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute in Switzerland and a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society for Jungian Analysts, she also holds a doctorate in philosophy from Du-quesne University. She is the author of The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship. Vissza