Mary Within: A Contemplation of Her Titles and Powers [Paperback]

David Richo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Richo demonstrates how we have always venerated not the literal Mary but the feminine dimension of the divine that she represents and enriches.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Crossroad (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824519248
• ISBN-13: 978-0824519247
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,430,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Richo, PhD, is a therapist and author who leads popular workshops on personal and spiritual growth.

He received his BA in psychology from Saint John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, in 1962, his MA in counseling psychology from Fairfield University in 1969, and his PhD in clinical psychology from Sierra University in 1984. Since 1976, Richo has been a licensed marriage, family, and child counselor in California. In addition to practicing psychotherapy, Richo teaches courses at Santa Barbara City College and the University of California Berkeley at Berkeley, and has taught at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. He is a clinical supervisor for the Community Counseling Center in Santa Barbara, California.

Known for drawing on Buddhism, poetry, and Jungian perspectives in his work, Richo is the author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving and The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find in Embracing Them. He has also written When the Past Is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage our Relationships, Shadow Dance: Liberating the Power and Creativity of Your Dark Side, The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know, and Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth.

Richo lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Within by David Richo, November 6, 2001

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Dr. Tony Scuderi (S. San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mary Within: A Contemplation of Her Titles and Powers (Paperback)

I was given a copy of this book by the author and asked to read it and comment on it. As a former Catholic Priest and psychotherapist, I must agree with Richard Roar" This is how theology and psychology should come together". I found myself captivated by this scholarly,yet understandable masterpiece. This is an inspirational book and should be necessary reading for every seminary and household regardless of your religion.David's expose on archetypes and methaphore reaches to the depths of one's very essence, challenging and clarifying one's beliefs and illustrating to the reader exactly how to pray from your heart and not just with words. It has inspired me to write a book on 150 Psalms, Poems, Letters, Prayers and Meditations for the Millenium. I challenge you to become inspired and search the Mary Within you. If you haven't read Mary Within, you must! You won't be able to put it down. Good reading!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlivening religion, June 5, 2006

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Michael Schaefer "mschaefer" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Within: A Contemplation of Her Titles and Powers (Paperback)

I read this book a while ago and still go back to it occasionally. It is a wonderful exploration of the true power of Mary and is also an inspiring rendering of adult faith that I so yearn for (and find so little of) in the Catholic Church I was raised in and am so familiar with. This book, as well as others of Mr. Richo's, deepens our understanding of religion, giving it the permission to grow that is denied it by fundamentalist and institutionalist forces. He encourages us to move beyond literal belief into a more universal realm that has room for more of creation.

Being fluent in `Catholic,' `Jungian,' and `American,' he enlightens our common experience by revealing that there's a place below all the various kinds of religious thought. Many Buddhists have understood this more universal and more present place, and it is refreshing to see Richo bring these truths through the Christian matrix.

Too often religious ideas, symbols and scriptures are kept frozen by being referenced outside of ordinary people in their ordinary lives. Why are we so afraid to let them come alive? Mary is not only the woman who lived 2000 years ago and was the mother of Jesus; not only the teachings that have come down through the ages; not only whatever we can think about her. She is something real, something present, something beyond explanation that can only be experienced. Richo brings Mary alive by showing how for each of us she is here in the present and indeed resides within.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COMMENT BY RICHARD ROHR, November 7, 2001

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david richo (SANT BARBARA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mary Within: A Contemplation of Her Titles and Powers (Paperback)

MY BOOK IS ABOUT: The feminine aspect of God as personified by Mary is built into the design of every human psyche.

This book is about how we have always venerated not the literal Mary but the feminine dimension of the divine that she represents and enriches. Using the titles of the Litany of Loreto-including prayers for each- with depth and reverence, this book opens a dialogue about Mary. We see her as a personification of the virtues and destiny of all of us, including the so far unexplored dark side. The book is written with respect for Catholic tradition and it helps us expand our spirituality and update our view of religion in general. (davericho.com)

"What a brilliant confluence of images and energies! David Richo has made a very useful set of connections between Mary and the deepest archetypes of the human psyche. This is how theology and psychology should come together. Good scholarship that could lead to good prayer." -Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.. Franciscan priest and writer