Based on lectures given in Galway in 1994, The Healing Road became an Irish best-seller in 1995, and has been a quiet seller since then as word of its value has spread from reader to reader. A self-help book based on Dr. Wasserman's decades of experience as a psychiatristpsychotherapist, this 2012 edition is published with only minor changes from the original. "In The Healing Road, Harvey Wasserman brings us on a journey into the very centre of the human psyche - a journey into forgotten parts of our own heart and soul. It is a book of internal pilgrimage, a book naming the wonder and miracle of unconditional love." Colin Morrison "This book is positive in a practical way - it isn't just theory, rather it knits theory and practicality. It is a quiet book that will seep into your life and shine new light into promising corners." John Mackenna Harvey Wasserman, a New Yorker by birth, graduated from Queens College of New York City with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. He completed his psychiatric training at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, where he was awarded a Fellowship in Psychiatry. In addition to 36 years in the private practice of psychiatry, he served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University College of Medicine from 1966 to 1981, and was Director of Education and Training at one of the Medical School teaching and research hospitals. He has studied many forms of psychotherapy and healing, from bioenergetic analysis to traditional Chinese medicine, and has had contact with tribal peoples and native healers all over the world. He lives in the Burren in Co Clare, Ireland, and practices psychotherapy in Galway. His website is: http: //harveywasserman.ie.
SOLARTOPIA! is the Future of Energy, the view from a hydrogen-powered "Hairliner" in the year 2030 at a Mother Earth that has found peace with nature and her energy supply. In the great utopian tradition of ECOTOPIA and LOOKING BACKWARD, of BRAVE NEW WORLD and THE TIME MACHINE, Harvey Wasserman's SOLARTOPIA! enters the rarified realm of true futuristic classics. Penned by one of the world's best-known ecological activists, SOLARTOPIA! this powerful little volume will be with us for a long long time....long after $3 gas and coal-fired air pollution have become nothing but bad memories.
In the spirit of Brave New World and Ecotopia, Time Machine and Looking Backward, SOLARTOPIA! is a classic futuristic novel of the Earth in A.D. 2030, after a revolution in green energy has transformed the planet. Fast-moving and a breeze to read, this novel will stand for decades as the definitive environmental vision of an ideal world to come.
A tale of initiation, adventure, and romance set within the medieval Crusades • Shares in novel form the mystical rituals and techniques of the Nizari Ismailis (the legendary Assassins) communicated to selected Knights Templar during the Crusades • Shows how the Gnostic traditions of the Cathars and Nizaris were blended to become the core of the “heretical” doctrines for which the Templars were later condemned • Sheds light on the contemporary conflict between Islam and the West and offers a natural path of reconciliation between these disparate cultures Set within the dramatic tableau of the medieval Crusades, this story of initiation, adventure, and romance follows members of the Knights Templar and Assassins as they discover a mystical tradition with the potential to unify, protect, and liberate humankind--the very heresy for which the Knights Templar were later condemned. The tale begins with a young Persian student, Sinan, as he witnesses his teacher deliver the heretical Qiyama proclamation, seeking to abolish Islamic religious law in favor of a more mystical approach to spirituality. After completing his initiation into the revolutionary doctrines and practices of the Assassins--also known as the Nizari Ismailis or Hashishim--Sinan is appointed head of the Nizaris in Syria. Years later, after Sinan has become a wise and respected leader, he encounters Roland de Provence, a young member of the Knights Templar. Impressed by his courage and intelligence, Sinan selects him for initiation into the Nizari tradition. As readers follow Sinan and Roland through the process, they experience firsthand the transmission of these secret teachings and the paranormal, even magical powers of the Assassin adepts. Roland braves hashish journeys, mystical rituals, and divine epiphanies, as well as sexual awakening at the hands of Sinan’s beautiful consort Aisha. When Roland completes his education with Sinan, he vows to share the Nizari teachings with his fellow Templars. However, he is met with strong opposition from his Templar commander, and factions within the Order quickly arise. As we follow Roland to southern France, we witness how he blends the Cathar and Nizari traditions to form the core of the “heresy” for which the Templars were later arrested and condemned. Now an outlaw, hunted by his Templar brethren, Roland is forced to choose between the beliefs with which he was raised and the realizations of his own personal truths. Bringing to life the historical truths of his expertly researched bestseller The Templars and the Assassins, James Wasserman artfully traces the evolution of the Western Esoteric Tradition during the fertile cultural interactions of the Crusades. His story also sheds light on the modern conflict between Islam and the West--which began a thousand years ago--and offers a natural path of reconciliation between our disparate cultures.
Come meet Harvey. Share his healing and transformational journey. Absorb and laugh and wonder with him. As you get to know and feel trusting, let his over 50 years of psychotherapeutic experience touch you in subtle and obvious ways.Open the book, at least look at the unique table of contents. Read a bit. Does his writing appeal and move you? Does even this brief contact give you hope and enthusiasm and transformational commitment? That's what Harvey does in his office and in his writing. Both are exercises in neuroplasticity (shifting the way your mind responds to your inner self and your life). Who am I? I am the son of immigrant parents who valued education. Their values resulted in my B.S. in chemistry, medical school with graduation honors and a three-year fellowship at the prestigious Menninger School of Psychiatry. What followed was 50 years of psychotherapy practice and a professorship at Yale University College of Medicine, where I ran the training program at one of their teaching hospitals. I have studied with the outstanding therapists of my times, Fritz Perls, Virginia Satir, Carl Whittaker, Milton Erickson, Al Lowen, and have pursued many alternative therapies. I love helping people and wonder about the true nature of humankind, what is hardwired and what is embedded. I wonder why we suffer and constrict ourselves. I wonder how as a separate individual I can help others on their healing journey. I am honored that people trust me to assist them on that journey.
This hot, topical compendium of searing commentaries on the George W. Bush presidency is unsurpassed in its blunt, in-your-face critique of "the worst administration in U.S. history.
Through the eyes of a loving son, this unique, profoundly moving epic poem embraces the passage of two honored parents from youth to middle age to the joys of grandparenting and the passage beyond.
This text shows the most critical state's voting process in the 2004 presidential election. It includes trucking receipts that show voting machines were pulled back from minority districts, ballots that contain evidence of tampering, and mathematical analysis demonstrating the statistical impossibility of voting totals.
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