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As of this writing, therapist Moore's last book, Care of the Soul (1992), has resided upon the national best-seller lists for nearly a year. This follow-up is to be issued in a 100,000-copy first printing. As the quick-march timing between the two books might suggest, Soul Mates seems a make-hay-while-the-sun-shines rush job of empty rhetoric. Its major thesis is the coverall that people are complex and contradictory--that, as Moore says, there are too few oxymoronic words like bittersweet to describe the richness of felt experience--but that each of us has a soul that strongly desires both intimacy and the social intercourse of everyday life. Despite Moore's ability to bring many myths, some literature and art history, a smattering of therapeutic anecdotes, and references to Jungian psychology to bear upon this theme, there's precious little else to the book but the encouragement to be imaginative and open-minded in the search for intimacy. The large readership that embraced Care of the Soul will probably line up for this second helping of Moore's mildly awestruck rap, but those who want the impression, at least, of substance may find it just so much frustrating therapist's nattering. Ray Olson
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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More spiritual self-help from the author of the bestselling Care of the Soul (1992--not reviewed), this time focusing on relationships among spouses, family, and friends. Moore occupies a middle ground in the thriving subgenre of pop-psych/religion books: less jargon-infested than John Bradford but sometimes as platitudinous (urging ``the importance of being individuals'' and proclaiming that ``every relationship calls for a unique response''); less anecdotal and less penetrating than the master of the form, M. Scott Peck. Perhaps his most notable achievement has been to turn ``soul'' into a buzzword, never defined but apparently synonymous with ``psyche.'' Here, Moore tackles soul-to-soul relations, drawing from mythology, theology, literature (from Plato to Emily Dickinson), his own life, experiences of patients in psychotherapy, and the writings of Marsilio Ficino, a 15th-century Florentine thinker. Predictably, Moore counsels people to court imagination and feelings and to beware of excessive rationality. The shoptalk is neo-Jungian, as filtered through James Hillman and other modern depth psychologists. The practical advice--write letters to, and strike up conversations with, friends; tell your spouse your dreams; forgive your parents; guide your children, and so on--is innocuous and may well be helpful. But by far the most invigorating moments come when Moore swims against the tide of current opinion by declaring marriage ``a sacred symbolic act,'' rather than a financial or social convenience, and by upholding the ancient virtues of chastity and obedience. Underneath the pop-psych sheen lies a devout traditionalist, which may explain Moore's great success. There's no mystery about where this one is heading: right on to the bestseller lists. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant book,
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This review is from: Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship (Paperback)
This book is like poetry for the soul. It is a very sensitive book about relationships and why people fall in and out of them.I recommend this book for anyone who is questioning marriage or other relationships. It is not a "How To" book, but articulate words from a caring soul. Jeffrey McAndrew
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Issues of the heart,
By Mary E. Sibley (Carneys Point, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship (Paperback)
The heart has its reasons. We try to explain emotions inadequately. The heart is a mystery. Relationship, emotion, passion can be grasped by the tools of poetry and religion. Soul does not make love a project. In general our thinking has become too mechanized. The ways of soul are filled with paradox. Jung said the soul is the archetype of life. Emerson said the soul does not advance in a straight line. The soul appears regressive. Soul is attachment, spirit is detachment. Rilke thought each person should protect the solitude of the other. The soul is always complicated. We all have skeletons in out closets and monsters in out hearts. None of us may want to know who we really are. Reading psychology books may be a distraction of attending to the soul! Every marriage has exterior and interior dimensions. Marriage is a profound stirring of souls. When we idealize the family, we also demonize it. Our secular ideal of family may become excessively personal. A family is a form of community. Families complcate life. It may be wise to cultivate friendship in an indirect manner. We could deal with our paranoia by placing more value on intuition. True conversation is an interpenetration of worlds. A conversation grows at its own tempo. Some people do not have the patience to get to know each other over time. The soul of relationships is not goal-minded. The book is pleasant and useful. Discussions of symbolism and mythology run through the chapters.
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Great Book!,
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This review is from: Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship (Paperback)
You know the kind of books that you just won't part with, and sometimes you just need them to read over again, well this book is a keeper, He really did a great job through most of the book , I did not not like some of the philosophical things he put in there, but it is a really great book about love and the people in your life!
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