{"product_id":"9781630513542","title":"Imaginal Figures In Everyday Life: Stories from The World Between Matter And Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eImaginal Figures in Everyday Life: Stories from Between the World of Matter and Mind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was recognized as an award-winning finalist in the “Health: Women's Health” category at the 2017 International Book Awards (IBA). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Harrell unflinchingly greets a cast of imaginal figures who inhabit her life,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand encourages all of us to welcome their wisdom into our own inner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elandscapes. These very real beings dwell in a realm between matter (nature)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand mind (reason), appearing in dreams, intuitive callings, visions, feelings,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand sometimes frightening events. Mary offers her own intimate experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough which she explores and engages these figures, showing her readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow to host these beings as one would host invited guests. From the work of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephilosopher Henry Corbin, psychiatrist C. G. Jung, and psychologist James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHillman, we know that the name of the realm in which these figures dwell is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe \u003cem\u003emundus imaginalis\u003c\/em\u003e, or the imaginal world. As this is a work in which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earchetypes are grounded in experience, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImaginal Figures In Everyday\u003cp\u003eLife: Stories from the World between Matter and Mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is both a path to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eindividual transformation and, in the words of psychologist Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomanyshyn, \"a therapy of culture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Harrell, Ph.D., a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and New York licensed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epsychologist, received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with Emphasis in Depth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. She is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Emeritus at State University of New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYork (SUNY) at Oswego. While at the university she taught education and psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecourses and served as Professional Development Schools (PDS) specialist, supporting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe National PDS initiative, which builds bridges between elementary and secondary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschools and the university's School of Education. Her writings in the areas of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeducational reform, and imaginal psychology appear in four invited chapters in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eedited books. In 2014 Mary's poetry was anthologized in Syracuse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity's \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Canoe, a Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary,\u003cp\u003eNo. 8.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e She lives with her husband, Stephen, in South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chiron Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055202550000,"sku":"9781630513542","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781630513542_p0.jpg?v=1763670546","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781630513542","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}