"Twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author"--Cover

Acknowledgments -- New introduction -- Care Of The Soul: -- 1. Honoring symptoms as a voice of the soul -- Care Of The Soul In Everyday Life: -- Myth of family and childhood -- Self-love and its myth: narcissus and narcissism -- Love's initiations -- Jealousy and envy: healing poisons -- Soul and power -- Gifts of depression -- Body's poetics of illness -- Economics of soul: work, money, failure, and creativity -- Spiritual Practice And Psychological depth: -- Need for myth, ritual, and a spiritual life -- Wedding spirituality and soul -- Care Of The World's Soul: -- Beauty and the reanimation of things -- Sacred arts of life -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading

A therapist draws on the world's religions, music, art, and his own experiences with patients to examine the connections between spirituality and the problems of individuals and society

"First Harper Perennial edition published in 1994"--Title page verso