The "Lost Gospels" refer to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library, both discovered in the 1940s. The Nag Hammadi Library consists of writings found by two peasants who unearthed clay jars in 1945 in upper Egypt. These...

Founded in 1797, Spring Grove State Hospital, now known as Spring Grove Hospital Center, is the second oldest continuously operating state psychiatric hospital in the country. This volume will reveal through a broad array of poignant historic images the extensive,...

Responding to growing interest among psychotherapists of all theoretical orientations, this practical book provides a comprehensive introduction to mindfulness and its clinical applications. The authors, who have been practicing both mindfulness and psychotherapy for decades, present a range of clear-cut...

In Buddha's Brain, a clinical psychologist and a senior neurologist explain how the brain benefits from contemplative practice and show readers how to develop greater happiness, love, and wisdom by drawing from breakthroughs in modern neuroscience. Publishers Weekly The brain...

One of the most sophisticated integrations of therapeutic and spiritual disciplines. -Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence...

Writing as an insider and an anthropologist, Jason Cromwell presents the first in-depth examination of what it means to be a female-bodied transperson. Through extensive participant observation and open-ended interviews, Transmen and FTMs allows female-to-male transsexuals to speak for themselves...

This companion volume to The Secret Lore of Gardening explores the complex psychological dynamics underlying intimate relationships between the "blue" man, with a crest saying Power or Control - our culture's definition of masculinity - and the "red" man, who...

Eleven contributed chapters present recent global trends and studies on older women's health expectancies and experiences compared to those of men. Laditka (health services management, State U. of New York Institute of Technology) introduces the challenges that women face with...

The author balances a psychopathological gaze with a vision for life. He looks beyond a flagging Western Cartesian sensibility for reasons and ways to live morally and happily at a time when the values that could support this paradigm shift...

This is the first book to offer Buddhist meditators a comprehensive and sympathetic examination of the differences between Asian and Western cultural and spiritual values. Harvey B. Aronson presents a constructive and practical assessment of common conflicts experienced by Westerners...