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'This is a complex book. It offers clarification and a sense of reassurance, but does not intend to provide answers, and is not for those seeking concrete direction. This will be a powerful read for many in a place of loss, chaos or existential angst' - Alison Cooper, Psychothearpy and Counselling Drawing on sources as diverse as medical and psychological theory, anthropology, religious and spiritual tradition, art and poetry, experienced psychotherapist Elizabeth Wilde McCormick explores the different elements of the edge - the images, dangers, safe places, and offers a unique handbook which charts that often lonely and alien territory.
Chaos
Chaos
The Centre that I cannot find
Is known to my unconscious mind;
I have no reason to despair
Because I am already there.
My problem is how not to will;
They move most quickly who stand still:
I'm only lost until I see
I'm lost because I want to be.
Part of being on the edge involves a return to the chaos of our once undifferentiated state of being, but with both the curse and joy of consciousness. Our eyes are open now, but it feels as if our ego is under assault and no longer feeling in charge. A brush with inner chaos is always frightening at first. We have no accepted maps for this experience. Chaos is experienced both inside and outside. ...