Passages Beyond the Gate: A Jungian Approach to Understanding American Psychology
"Intriguing and novel approach . . . . By expanding the framework, it challenges the predominance of a psychology seen only as 'scientific.'"--PsycCRITIQUES"This slim book is a gem for readers with an above-average interest in American psychology and a desire to understand how science and spirituality can be merged . . . ." --From the US Review of Books"InPassages Beyond the Gate,Dr. Jennings calls American psychology to accountability for its own blind spots." --James Hollis, PhD, Jungian analyst"Jennings suggests . . . , American psychology . . .embrace a promising fourth force which conceives of personality as entailing a transpersonal dimension." --Barbara Engler, Author, Personality Theories (8th Edition)In a clear and persuasive argument, Jennings suggests that, in order to move forward in understanding what it means to be a person, American psychology must break through the barrier constructed by the big three mainstream approaches…and embrace a promising fourth force which conceives of personality as entailing a transpersonal dimension. (Barbara Engler, PhD, author of Personality Theories (8th Edition))InPassages Beyond the Gate,Dr. Jennings calls American psychology to accountability for its own blind spots. Using Jung's discovery of the inevitable biasing of perspectives by personal typology, Jennings powerfully argues that the spiritual dimension of our human journey finds such short shrift in American psychology because of its privileging of the sensate, thinking, and feeling functions at the expense of the intuitive. When the intuitive function is restored to its proper equality with the others, then questions of 'meaning,' which so much psychology avoids, may be addressed with the respect they deserve. (James Hollis, PhD, Jungian analyst, author, and director of Jungian Studies Program at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco and Houston)Intriguing and novel approach…. Jennings's monograph might be a worthwhile addition to a course in theories of psychotherapy and counseling…. By expanding the framework, it challenges the predominance of a psychology seen only as 'scientific.' (PsycCRITIQUES)