Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a key to understanding contemplative spirituality within or without a religious tradition. It provides a spiritual context to human development and reveals the potential of our spiritual development as individuals and communities. Using universally recognized images, a symbolic structure of the soul and consciousness is revealed. The book engages the reader to understand pathways to liberation and transformation for individuals and communities. The symbols evoke meaning on instinctual, emotional, intellectual, and intuitive levels. They stand alone or connect to mystical understandings within the world's spiritual traditions transcending limiting interpretations. It is an important work of contemplative spirituality and transpersonal developmental psychology.
