Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage Through Death and Rebirth

Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage Through Death and Rebirth - Paperback

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Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage Through Death and Rebirth

Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage Through Death and Rebirth - Paperback

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by Miles Neale (Author), Robert Thurman (Foreword by)

A step-by-step guide to reclaiming the soul

- Shares four maps for spiritual rebirth based on Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, and the precession of the equinoxes

- Traces the author's journey of rebirth, covering his transformation through a spiritual crisis and the creation of a more meaningful life

- Provides visualization practices based on ancient Tibetan wisdom to support you on the path of self-realization

Exploring wisdom from mystical traditions and perennial philosophy on "dying before you die," Buddhist psychotherapist Miles Neale shares his own hero's journey of rebirth, providing a detailed roadmap for the pilgrimage through dissolution, into the great mystery, and back again to the world. He shares his transformation through a spiritual crisis and, ultimately, his creation of a more meaningful life. He provides four intersecting maps to help guide readers through the experiential process of metaphoric death, reclaiming the soul, and sharing one's genius with others. These four maps--the cosmological map, psychological map, alchemical map, and mythopoetic map--draw on the mythological stages of Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung's process of individuation, the Tibetan Buddhist alchemy of conscious rebirth, and the astrological phenomenon of the precession of the equinoxes, offering a detailed philosophical underpinning for the soul's journey to immortality. He also provides in-depth visualization practices based on ancient Tibetan wisdom to support you on the path of self-realization.

Integrating Tibetan Buddhism with psychology, trauma healing, neuroscience, and mythology, along with profound personal experience, Neale provides a step-by-step manual for spiritual rebirth, revealing how to reframe life's unrelenting challenges and transitions as opportunities for psychological growth.

Author Biography

Miles Neale, Psy.D., is a psychotherapist, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and founder of the Gradual Path, where he leads pilgrimages of spiritual transformation around the world. He trained intensively with Buddhist scholars Robert Thurman and Joseph Loizzo as well as Tibetan master Geshe Tenzin Zopa and has taught meditation and integrative healing at Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell university hospitals. The author of Gradual Awakening and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy, he lives in Bali, Indonesia.

Number of Pages: 440
Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: April 01, 2025

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