{"id":6,"date":"2015-12-16T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbpra.com\/stevenherrmann\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-05-11T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T10:52:51","slug":"william-everson-the-shamans-cal-expanded-edition-by-steven-herrmann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbpra.com\/stevenherrmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Books by Steven Herrmann"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swami Vivekananda and C.G. Jung: Yoga in the West<\/h2>\n

About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yoga in the West,<\/em> as taught by Swami Vivekananda and C.G. Jung, is a spiritual path of vocation, practiced with an attitude of non-attachment to the ego. At the same time, the Self shines through in all of one\u2019s works, and one lives in the joy and peace of the higher man or woman within.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The vocation of Yoga in the West<\/em> urges forward the spiritualization of world culture. Each person has a special calling, which he or she must follow, and through which we each may find our own path to freedom.<\/p>\n

Man-making or woman-making, as Swami Vivekananda called it, means embracing one\u2019s Self-path, not serving a Master greater than what one\u2019s body and soul yearn for. Ultimately, it means listening to and living a meaningful, symbolic life while being true to one\u2019s dreams, visions, and directives from the inner Yogi \u2013 the Rishi Within.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to a collaboration with the Indian mind, knowing that the mystery of the psyche can be understood only when approached from opposite sides.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 C.G. Jung (1875-1961)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia is the place where Vedanta will grow.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Swami Vivekananda \u00a0(1863-1902)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Says the author, \u201cThe year I began writing this manuscript marked the 150th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda\u2019s birth. Vivekananda taught tirelessly that the world\u2019s religions are One. This Self-centric teaching of Oneness is why I\u2019m remembering him in this book.\u201d<\/p>\n

William Everson: The Shaman’s Cal: Expanded Edition\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

About the Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Herrmann<\/strong>In 1991, author and Jungian psychotherapist Steven Herrmann was \u201ccalled\u201d by the poet-shaman William Everson to collaborate on writing a book. It is from that event that the subtitle of this book emerged, The Shaman\u2019s Call. Its aim is to instill in readers that if one follows one\u2019s calling from the shamanic archetype with the right attitude, it could culminate in true cosmic awareness. And, it would interconnect the psyche with nature, or what C.G. Jung called the \u201cSelf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such awareness is made clear through the transfiguring power of American poet-shamans, who transmit what they are called by nature to convey: that an experience of the Self is a life-altering experience. The calling can be transmitted by way of an animal power to a person through dreams, transformative relationships, in-depth psychotherapy, religious experiences, art, scientific endeavor, or through the hearing, reading or writing of shamanic poetry.<\/p>\n

During the conversations with Everson, emerged a vision of the way shamanism has been portrayed in American poetry, from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, to Walt Whitman\u2019s Leaves of Grass, to Emily Dickinson\u2019s The Complete Poetry, to what Everson achieved in his seminal poems, October Tragedy, The Encounter and Black Hills, and in his literature course at the University of California, Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n

The conversations form a link between the 80-year-old poet-shaman and the 35-year-old Jungian author Steven Herrmann, who was just beginning to find his own wings as a poet. The Expanded edition commemorates William Everson\u2019s birth on September 10, 1912. Herrmann co-organized three Centennial events to celebrate Everson\u2019s work in the fall of 2012. Part II contains Seven Meditations: William Everson\u2019s Basic Teachings on Vocation, a final conversation with Everson on vocatypes, and Herrmann\u2019s Centennial essays and poems.<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong>\"Cover<\/strong><\/p>\n

Herrmann<\/strong> lives with his wife in the wooded hills of Oakland, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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