O-Becoming One, Transformation Beyond Survival [Paperback]

Lisa Raphael (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0966258290 | ISBN-13: 978-0966258295

A full color cover and illustrations highlight this tale of holistic healing which reads like a pycho-spiritual detective story. The author's awakening consciousness is depicted as a series of "I" operations in which events, relationships, dreams and physical symptoms each play a significant role. The journey spans three continents, several careers, marriage and divorce and encompasses private journals, psychotherapy, spontaneous drawing, bodywork and a variety of holistic approaches to the investigation of consciousness. The reader is taken from the wrenching displacement of war and its far-reaching aftermath within the family and from the dark secrets of the child to the full clarity of the wise woman. Universal themes are demonstrated with quotations from Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Kahil Gibran, John Newton, T.S. Colerdige, Hans Christian Anderson and the Bible. "We must each recognize the roots of war and conflict in the unresolved issues of our individual experience" writes Lisa Raphael. "Beyond war and conflict, beyond human betrayal, beyond conscious recollection there is a Loving Presence without whom there cannot be peace in the world. Our true home is with the One"

Editorial Reviews

Review

One woman's odyssey of pain, suffering, victimization and redemption, O-Becoming One will grip you from cover to cover. Lisa Raphael captures the essence of her journey from unconscious to conscious haunting by the events of the Holocaust, and tells the story in prose so rich it reads like poetry. Calling upon more than thirty years of professional experience in psychoterapy, she demonstrates and highlights how universal themes emerge and interplay with everyday events over a lifetime. A must read for all on the human journey. -- Alan Du Bois

About the Author

Lisa Raphael was born in Vienna and raised in Australia, a child of the Holocaust. Healer, Author, Seminar Leader and Fl Licensed Mental Health Counselor, she has been a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida since 1973, and holds graduate degrees in Counseling, Psychology and Music. After a thirty year career as psychotherapist, she is active writing and teaching seminars based on her experience and has been published in national and international journals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 115 pages
• Publisher: Cadence Pub (June 10, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966258290
• ISBN-13: 978-0966258295
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,496,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Vienna, raised in Australia, USA resident and citizen since 1960, Lisa Rapha El is a visionary author, transformational holistic consultant, seminar leader and classical pianist who closed a 30 years psychotherapy practice to walk her talk in service of Spirit. From her beginnings as a refugee child to her peak experiences at sacred sites around the globe, she has not ceased in her quest for oneness with the All That Is.

Lisa Rapha El
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www.lisaraphael.com

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disgusted, April 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: O-Becoming One, Transformation Beyond Survival (Paperback)

This book displeased me... why? because I don't think a lot of it is true. At the beginning Lisa Raphael says that she's channeled these memories and I also know because I've had her as a guest speaker before that she's gone through hypnosis and everything to recover these memories. And I'm sorry to say that some of the doctors that do that are ...... that implant memories especially memories of sexual abuse in someone's mind. If you read the book you'll find sexual abuse. Also there is playing a game called horsey in the book concerning the sexual abuse which is almost directly from a book by a woman named Cybill. Therefore I think this book is fake but I think that Ms. Raphael truly believes it's true.