Sickness, Stigma and Spiritual Awakening
Masterson, Bernadette
Produktnummer:
181fb3676ae7c847b6b070a3de64d3a2a0
Autor: | Masterson, Bernadette |
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Themengebiete: | Invisible illness Sickness, Stigma and Spiritual Awakening contested illness psycho-spiritual spirituality transpersonal |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 09.04.2019 |
EAN: | 9781788743419 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers |
Untertitel: | A Transpersonal Paradigm for Women with Contested Illnesses |
Produktinformationen "Sickness, Stigma and Spiritual Awakening"
The author set out to explore a phenomenon she had observed amongst a cohort of women living with chronic «invisible», or contested, illnesses. These women appeared to possess a high degree of altruism, ecological awareness, compassion, and a particular quality of empathic presence. What she didn’t expect to find in their narratives were the accounts of harrowing trauma they endured in the medical battleground of contested illnesses. They described the humiliating effects of being dismissed as reliable witnesses to what was happening in their own bodies, and the sequence of adverse consequences for their health and dignity which occurred as a fallout of not being believed by the medical establishment. The illnesses featured here include ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Electromagnetic Sensitivity, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and Lyme disease. A blend of qualitative methods emerging from the fields of transpersonal theory and contemplative psychology was applied to explore the narratives of ten women, including the author, who experienced awakenings to deeper levels of consciousness and wisdom during their prolonged illnesses. The book presents a unique seven-stage model of spiritual awaking amongst women with contested illnesses which bears relevance for people faced with any kind of life-altering condition.

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