description: Depression. Anxiety. Alienation. Restlessness. Self-loathing. Such maladies of the human psyche, heart, and spirit have reached epidemic proportions. Forget Prozac. What most mortals need is a personal spiritual adviser and healer. Sacred Remedies for the Soul taps the expertise of an entire global network of esteemed healers to offer immediate help and lasting hope for a myriad of soul-related complaints.Mel Ash, known nationwide for his popular Zen of Recovery workshops, draws on a widely diverse collection of spiritual-healing traditions, both ancient and modern -- Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism; Shamanism and Wicca; Cultural Arts and Folk Wisdom; Psychology and Science; Twelve Steps and Unitarianism. From each, he presents wisdom, advice, and practical tactics for conquering more than a thousand life-draining outlooks and habits.Arranged A-to-Z for easy access, entries confront an array of plaguing problems, including apathy, boredom, fanaticism, greed, infidelity, materialism, racism, workaholism, and zoning out. Each entry suggests specific actions to uncover the source of trouble or alleviate its symptoms, from visualizations to physical exercises, from taking a personal inventory to doing charitable works.
language: English
title: Sacred Remedies for the Soul
titlecomplete: Sacred Remedies for the Soul
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publisher: Prentice Hall Pr