Hunting with the Heart

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Kima Global Publishers, 2007 - 284 pages
Hunting with the Heart is a remarkable autobiography of journeys in inner and outer spaces. Graham Saayman writes uncompromisingly of his inner journeys and the confrontation with unconscious forces that take him to the very verge of life. The courage and power to articulate the nature of psychic experience cannot help but inspire readers to realise that a life's journey is not solely in the outer world. But it is Saayman's outer journey through life, professionally and personally, that has the mark of authenticity, that unwavering gaze at life's travails and it's triumphs. The book is in the tradition of other autobiographies, particularly those of Bion and Jung. Because it is, Hunting with the Heart brings a reader close to what life's meanings are all about; the courage to receive the grave dictates of life.
 

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Contents

Acknowledgments 12
12
Foreword
15
Chapter ONE Roots
20
Journey to the Source 21
21
The Dream Unfolds 22
22
The Baboon as Totem Animal 23
23
The Ladybird House 25
25
Stories in the Sand 27
27
Chapter SEVEN OutofBody Travel as a Learning Experience
129
A Bridge between Two Worlds 130
130
The Loneliness of Nonattachment 131
131
Handling Thoughts and Feelings in Interspace 132
132
A Soldiers Ghost 134
134
The Land of the Ancestors 137
137
The Unhappiness of an Uninformed Death 138
138
Passage to the Dark Eye of a Needle 140
140

The Place of the Elephant 28
28
The Tribe of Yogg 30
30
The Patriarchy 32
32
The Feminine Principle 33
33
The Roots of Androgyny 34
34
Fear Anxiety Fight Flight or Freeze 36
36
Betrayals and Endings 39
39
The Death of Yogg 41
41
Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home 44
44
Chapter TWO The Dolphin School
46
Constellation of an Archetypal Intention 78
78
The Sometimes Painful Evolution of Psychological Androgyny 79
79
Divorce as a Rite of Initiation 80
80
Retreat to the Etheric Womb 83
83
Learning How to Navigate 85
85
Opposites Duality Conflict in Relationships 86
86
The Paradox of Two Worlds in One 88
88
Chapter FIVE Yoga Then and Now
90
OutofBodyExperiences Are Not Abnormal 91
91
A Safe Place to Reflect 92
92
Portrait of a Yogi 93
93
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 96
96
Archetype of the Wounded Healer 97
97
Ramakrishna and Divine Illness 100
100
Pioneering Yogic Practice in the Treatment of Psychosomatic Illness 101
101
Yoga and Jungian Psychotherapy 103
103
Marriage as a Therapeutic Contract 106
106
An UpsideDown View of Psychological Causality 107
107
Chapter SIX The Dolphin Project
109
A Fairy Ring and a Fellow Traveller 110
110
An Observer with a Natural Feel for Animals 111
111
Capturing Dolphins for Public Display 115
115
The Idea of a Dolphin Language 118
118
Imitative Behaviour as an Estimate of Dolphin Intelligence 121
121
SelfConsciousness and Ethics 124
124
The Save the Whales Campaign 125
125
Death of a Dolphin 126
126
Band of Brothers 142
142
The Right Whale Archetype 143
143
Chapter EIGHT The Calling of Qumbu Magqubu Ntombela
148
The Arrival of the Impresario 176
176
Ethnicity and the Other 179
179
The Other and the Psychology of Apartheid 181
181
The Four Stages of Jungian Psychotherapy 184
184
The Soul Image in Interspace 185
185
Doctrines of Psychology 188
188
Behaviourism and the Politics of Power and Control 190
190
The Coming of Chiron 192
192
The Soweto Uprising as Paradigm for Modern Times 193
193
The Public Execution of Children on the Streets 195
195
The Other as Refugee the Homeless and the Dispossessed 197
197
Chapter TEN Death and the Matriarchal Society
199
The Making of a Wounded Healer 200
200
Dream of the Great Elephant 202
202
The Counsel of Baboons 204
204
Grandfathers and Families 205
205
The Matriarchal Family System of the Elephant 206
206
The Reality of the Inner Elephant 207
207
The Pain of Grief Raging at the Heart 209
209
The Fear of Death and the Acceptance of Responsibility 214
214
Chapter ELEVEN Holding the Centre
218
Living in Two Worlds 219
219
The Bird as Spirit Messenger 222
222
Beginnings and Endings 223
223
A Choice between Inner and Outer Journeys 225
225
Constant Pondering on the Opposites 229
229
The First Stage of the Jungian Centre 231
231
South Africa as Looking Glass 233
233
The Gift of Laurens van der Post 234
234
The Africa Foundation for Jungian Studies and Wilderness 238
238
Finding an Analyst 240
240
Chapter TWELVE Mantis and the Myth of Oedipus
244
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Bibliographic information

TitleHunting with the Heart
Kima Global Publish Series
AuthorGraham S. Saayman
PublisherKima Global Publishers, 2007
ISBN0980256119, 9780980256116
Length284 pages
  
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