Awakening Love: The Universal Mission: Spiritual Healing in Psychology and Medicine [Paperback]

Nicholas C. Demetry (Author), Edwin L. Clonts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

Though Jesus lived nearly 2000 years before Sigmund Freud and the giants of twentieth-century psychology, he demonstrated that he understood the mind and emotions just as keenly as he understood the spirit of man. The authors gained these insights largely under the inspiration and teachings of Stylianos Atteshlis, a Cypriot mystic and healer best known as Daskalos, or teacher, in Greek. Through his interpretation of Jesus' teachings, Daskalos showed that an understanding of personality can further the process of healing. The authors have found that this link is clarified and validated by the theories of Enneagram personality type and the structure of the energy body and its chakra centers. These topics, as well as meditation and self-healing exercises are offered in Awakening Love to help the reader unite the human and divine natures in a heart of love.

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About the Author

Nicholas Demetry, MD, is a holistic psychiatrist dedicated to the journey of self-realization. He has integrated techniques of both traditional and alternative therapies. He is currently in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edwin L. Clonts, MD, is an associate cllinical professor with the University of Minnesota Department of Family Practice. He practices conventional allopathic medicine in the Twin Cities area, with an emphasis on prevention.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Blue Dolphin Publishing (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577330757
• ISBN-13: 978-1577330752
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awakening Love, October 14, 2001

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Kathryn Petterson, Ph.D., L.P.C (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Awakening Love: The Universal Mission: Spiritual Healing in Psychology and Medicine (Paperback)

Awakening Love is an exceptional book which integrates the areas of psychology, medicine and spirituality. East and West truly meet in this book.

Awakening Love introduces Love as the power and the personality as the mechanism for transformation to reach one's soul expression. The personality is described through weaving information on the chakras, patterns of psychological wounding and directions for spiritual unfoldment. To illustrate the material, the personality and its patterns are described using the nine personality types of the enneagram. The nine personality types are clarified and deepened through the interpretation of Jesus' Teachings. Personality pitfalls and patterns of self-undoing are clearly explained as well as clear methods for personality integration and growth.

Meditation instruction is given for each of the nine personality types. Each meditation provides healing, personality integration and an infusion of soul awakening.

Awakening Love is a must read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The path of unconditional love through self-knowledge, July 30, 2001

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This review is from: Awakening Love: The Universal Mission: Spiritual Healing in Psychology and Medicine (Paperback)

There is much valuable information here, packed in a small format. In the last few years, we have seen many books about psychotherapy and spirituality from a Buddhist perspective, such as Mark Epstein's "Thoughts without a thinker" and others. This book is about psychotherapy and spirituality from a Christian mystical perspective and should be of interest to many (including non-Christians, in the same way one does not have to be a Buddhist to be interested in Epstein's books). The authors present the Christ Self as a metaphor for the realized Self. My reading of the book has been slow at times, because there is much information and wonderful insights to absorb. I particularly enjoyed the ten meditations in Chapter 8--who does not want to "transform vices into virtues" for one's particular personality type?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awakening Love, July 29, 2001

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Amy H. Forman (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Awakening Love: The Universal Mission: Spiritual Healing in Psychology and Medicine (Paperback)

I am excited to find a book so exceptionally well-written, so complete, so rich in concepts and information. It is likely the best psychology book I have ever read.

Awakening Love makes Enneagram personality study vibrant and clear. We learn "the astonishing power of our thoughts"-how each personality type creates thought forms which either enslave the mind or transform the soul. To take this learning even further, Jesus' teachings are woven in for instruction in the self-realization of the nine personality types. Discussion of world religions is fascinating and supports the understanding of underlying spiritual principles. Supplemental materials include insightful exercises within the text and sacred meditations among the appendicies.

This book is well worth the purchase simply to consider the perspective of any one of these aspects of study. Yet it's the weaving of them that makes this book a gem-a rich tapestry of personality theory and spiritual transformation tools that will inspire profound growth and awakening to your truest Self.