ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- One in eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer but countless others are affected. Chiron Publications is pleased to announce the release Breast Cancer: A Soul Journey written by a breast cancer survivor. Patricia Greer, MA, PhD is a psychotherapist and Jungian analyst whose own journey with cancer began 26 years ago.
Breast Cancer: A Soul Journey, speaks to the sisterhood of women that breast cancer creates—and to all those who love them. Greer works with metaphors and meanings related to the illness "in the hope that it may offer examples for other women who want to reflect on their experiences and find insights and lessons that may be gained from viewing cancer as a teacher."
Greer says of her journey, "I have learned to savor and feel gratitude for the small and ordinary moments of life." She is not naive about the devastating fears evoked by the words breast cancer—the fear of disfigurement, the fear of treatment, and the fear of death.
Breast Cancer is an underworld experience where every woman is a Persephone taken to the underworld, but Greer reminds us that every woman is also Hecate who hears Persephone's cries for help. Every woman needs to hear her own cries for help, to learn the language of the unconscious, and to learn to read the text of her story. Breast cancer was that summons for author Pat Greer and can be for many other women.
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Chiron accelerated the production schedule for the book. For all those who have been touched by the disease and for those who love them, care about them, care for them, breast cancer can be a soul journey.
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Greer discovered the potential contained in a breast cancer diagnosis. "Life which is too closed, too self-contained and satisfied and apparently whole, leaves no room for the piercing intensity of the appearance of something larger. One has to feel torn open to allow such entrance."
Breast Cancer: A Soul Journey, takes the reader through Greer's experience with dream and imagery to show the many ways psyche expresses itself. Hers is a non-linear journey, "a circling around the reality and metaphor of cancer, allowing meanings to appear and shift and transform." Moving in this world establishes a sacred space or "inner sanctuary where images can be held and honored." To begin, Greer shows how one must first clear space, creating an inner emptiness that is rich with potential. She then describes several methods she found useful to access and honor the language of soul, including journaling, poetry, active imagination, drawing, sandplay, and work with dreams. The result, this book, is rich with the harvest of Greer's journey including her own poetry.
Patricia Greer, MA, PhD is a Jungian Psychoanalyst and a breast cancer survivor. For more information visit www.patriciagreer.com
According to Chiron's Editor-in-Chief, Len Cruz, MD, "This was such an important project that Chiron placed the book on a fast-track in order to get it out by October. Breast Cancer: A Soul Journey epitomizes Chiron's ongoing commitment to producing books with depth and soul. Chiron is looking forward to the launch of a new imprint, innerQuest, in early 2015 that will allow Chiron to expand its offerings."
Chiron Publications, founded in 1983, publishes more than 145 titles including recent releases like Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Rule Our Lives, by Dr. James Hollis, best-selling authors of 13 previous books and Love and Sacrifice: The Life of Emma Jung. Chiron Publications books address topics in Jungian Psychology, Mythology, Religion, Fairy Tales, and Clinical Practice.
Chiron Publications is managed by two Jungian-oriented, practicing psychiatrists, Steven Buser, MD and Len Cruz, MD who also founded the international conferencing company, the Asheville Jung Center in 2008. Chiron is gaining international attention with its release of Love and Sacrifice: The Life of Emma Jung and the upcoming release in 2015 of an original, unpublished manuscript by the famed 20th century analyst, Erich Neumann, Jacob and Esau: The Brother Motif. In 2015, Chiron will launch innerQuest a new imprint devoted to an even more diverse array of titles that will be tools for inner development.
To learn more visit Chiron Publications at www.chironpublications.com.
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