Spiritual Hunger
Integrating Myth and Ritual into Daily Life
In our world of plenty, so many of us experience the pain of spiritual hunger and choose to fill it with destructive habits such as drugs, alcohol and over-eating. In his new book, Spiritual Hunger: Integrating Myth and Ritual into Daily Life Hunter addresses the notion of ‘emptiness’ and how with a new understanding of the role of myth and rituals and their place in our society and lives; we might satisfy our most deeply felt needs.
Arguing that in fact ‘spiritual hunger’ is natural, normal and even beneficial Hunter takes a fresh look at the ritual and myths demonstrating how they when authentic , offer the very spiritual food for which we hunger. The book identifies how to tell the difference between the wholesome, deeply satisfying rituals and myths and the bogus, ‘fast-food’ versions pushed by multinational corporations seeking profit from our unhappiness. Seen in these new ways, the rituals and myths show themselves not as random events, but as the surface expressions of six specific archetypes – the true deep structures of the psyche.
To read an excerpt from the book, visit: The Nature of Spiritual Hunger
About the Author: Allan Hunter was born in England in 1955 and completed all his degrees at Oxford University, emerging with a doctorate in English Literature in 1983. For the past twenty years he has been the professor of literature at Curry College in Massachusetts and a therapist. He is the author of many books.
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