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Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore
ryberst's review against another edition
4.0
In this classic of “soul-work” Moore offers suggestions on how to live more soulfully. Drawing on ancient mythology, Renaissance philosophy, and Jungian psychology, Moore shows how the souls neglect can lead to various psychological symptoms. Moore suggests that instead of ignoring or repressing “negative” emotions, we should investigate them, to see what the soul is telling us.
louise56637's review against another edition
Sections of this book are right on point and give real insight into family dynamics and the role of the individual. I did not care for the chapter on mothers.
tabathadelphi's review against another edition
2.0
I much preferred The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Living by the same author. In this book, Moore showcases his skill in summarizing different myths in a way that inspires the reader to read the originals, but his conclusions for what each myth means to the development of the soul are repetitive.
tokyosmokes's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
Finished 11:20pm, Tuesday August 8, 2023
Very beautiful
Very beautiful
theemptyset's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.25
graceanja's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Very slow and somewhat outdated. The last few chapters were interesting and clear, but very similar material to A Religion of One’s Own.
dragonflybrarian's review against another edition
5.0
read this book years ago and loved it, went to see the author speak at Duke Chapel in NC and had him sign my copy. Did not get to bring all my books with me to the UK, and this was one I had to leave. A new edition of it arrived at the library the other day and I got very excited to see it again. Reading it now after all these years is wonderful, still much wisdom to gain from it.
alfyasmeen's review against another edition
2.0
>“I’m often surprised in my therapeutic work when an otherwise mature and discerning adult who is faced with some tough choice collapses everything into the statement “I can’t be selfish.” When I explore this weighty moral imperative with the person further, I usually find that it is tied to a religious upbringing. ”
I feel like there is something to gain from everything you read, but IMO, this is a book that has a very specific niche: those who do not understand myth, psychology, or how systems organize organically regardless of individual neuroticism, and want to understand deeply why all their experiences are not validated in depth by others. If you tie back ignorance about own actions regardless of what that person justifies that action as, all the way to upbringing, you are ignoring all the interactions in between that made that hard to validate any self (adult or child) against, and those exude a similar lack of connectedness to child while having nothing to do with anything religious or upbringing related.
I feel like there is something to gain from everything you read, but IMO, this is a book that has a very specific niche: those who do not understand myth, psychology, or how systems organize organically regardless of individual neuroticism, and want to understand deeply why all their experiences are not validated in depth by others. If you tie back ignorance about own actions regardless of what that person justifies that action as, all the way to upbringing, you are ignoring all the interactions in between that made that hard to validate any self (adult or child) against, and those exude a similar lack of connectedness to child while having nothing to do with anything religious or upbringing related.