{"product_id":"the-dark-night-of-the-soul-a-psychiatrist-explores-the-connection-between-darkness-and-spiritual-growth","title":"The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth","description":"Now in paperback: a distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counsellor and bestselling author shows how the dark sides of the spiritual life are a vital ingredient in deep, authentic, healthy spirituality.\nGerald G. May, MD, one of the great spiritual teachers and writers of our time, argues that the dark 'shadow' side of the true spiritual life has been trivialised and neglected to our serious detriment. Superficial and naively upbeat spirituality does not heal and enrich the soul. Nor does the other tendency to relegate deep spiritual growth to only mystics and saints. Only the honest, sometimes difficult encounters with what Christian spirituality has called and described in helpful detail as 'the dark night of the soul' can lead to true spiritual wholeness.\nMay emphasises that the dark night is not necessarily a time of suffering and near despair, but a time of deep transition, a search for new orientation when things are clouded and full of mystery. The dark gives depth, dimension and fullness to the spiritual life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0060750553\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0060750553.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:May, Gerald G.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505674756154,"sku":"DBV.0060750553.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0060750553-0.jpg?v=1783198089","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-dark-night-of-the-soul-a-psychiatrist-explores-the-connection-between-darkness-and-spiritual-growth","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}