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Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

By Linda R. Quennec Copyright 2024
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the possibilities that exist for navigating out of and away from multiple levels of oppression through memoir-based research. It considers how those raised in oppressive, high-demand communities, colloquially referred to as “cults,” can emancipate themselves from controls and expectations inculcated from early childhood and examines processes surrounding the psychological... Read more

Part I: The Perils of Psychological Colonization  1. A Vulnerable Kairos  2. Recollections of an Ancient Guide  3. Gaslighting the Divine: Spiritual Trauma and the Nature of a Cult  Part II: A Pathway Out: Attuning Inward  4. Imaginal Ways of Knowing: Four Modes of Daimonic Expression  5. Awakening Instincts: From Doubt to Insight  6. Sensing from Within: Affective and Somatic Expressions of the Daimon  7. Turning Away: Oppositional Acts  Part III: The Recovery of Authenticity: Depth Psychology and the Reclamation of the Self  8. The Shadow of Modern Western Culture  9. Nature, Nurture, and the Liminal: Parenting the Daimon  10. Healing the Sacred Wounds

Biography

Linda R. Quennec is a writer, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Depth Psychology, with specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies, from Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA.