Silence and speech -- God thirst and alcoholic thirst -- Disease and sin -- Sin and disease -- Body and spirit -- Power and powerless -- Grace and brokenness -- God and the self -- Journey and home.
Introduction -- Ritual : sacred and demonic -- Addiction to perfection -- Through thick and thin -- Assent to the goddess -- The myth of Ms -- Rape and the demon lover -- The ravished bride.
Preface -- 1. The pillow and the key -- 2. When one hair turns gold -- 3. The road of ashes, descent, and grief -- 4. The hunger for the king in a time with no father -- 5. The meeting with the god-woman in the garden -- 6. To bring the interior warriors back to life -- 7. Riding the red, the white, and the black horses -- 8. The wound by the king's men -- Epilogue : The wild man in ancient rel…
Biological perspectives -- Sex hormones and executive ability / Estelle R. Ramey -- The premenstrual syndrome / Mary Brown Parlee -- Cultural variations -- A cross-cultural analysis of sex differences in the behavior of children aged three through eleven / Beatrice Whiting and Carolyn Pope Edwards -- Conclusion from Sex and temperament in three primative societies / Margaret Mead -- Matriarchy …
dentifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult life.
Includes bibliographical references (page 243) and index.
Enchantment and discernment / José Ortega y Gasset -- Love is not a feeling / M. Scott Peck -- Stirring the oatmeal / Robert Johnson -- Divine madness / Alan Watts -- "Love" as an addiction / Stanton Peele -- Falling in love / Francesco Alberoni -- Love evolving / Vladimir Solovyov -- The stream of desire / D.H. Lawrence -- Love and grasping / Chögyam Trungpa -- On love : conditional and un…
The discipline debate -- Understanding discipline -- Defining terms and clarifying meanings -- The traditional reward-and-punish approach -- Why we can't count on rewards working -- The deficiencies and dangers of punishment -- How children really react to control -- Alternatives to disciplining children -- Methods to get children to change behavior -- New ways of governing families and classro…
Introduction: Strengthening families -- Changes in American families -- Importance of community support -- The national experience with child care and parent education -- Assessing options for serving families -- Providing services directly to families -- Exemplary state programs -- Strengthening families through public schools -- Conclusion: Enhancing the well-being of children, families, and …
Includes bibliographical references.
Children are from heaven -- What makes the five messages work -- New skills to create cooperation -- New skills to minimize resistence -- New skills form improving communication -- New skills for increasing motivation -- New skills for asserting leadership -- New skills for maintaining control -- It's okay to be different -- It's okay to make mistakes -- It's okay to express negative emotions -…