Core Energetics: Developing the Capacity to Love and Heal

334 Pages·1987·38.221 MB·English

by  John C. Pierrakos

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CORE ENERGETICS
Developing the Capacity to Love and Heal
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Table of Contents
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PartI. TheEssential Unity: TheBasis ofCoreEnergetics 11
Chapter 1. The Foundation of Core Energetics 12
Chapter 2. The Innermost Reality: The Core 21
PartII. TheEnergeticFoundations 29
Chapter 3. Eastern Theories ofHuman Energy 30
Chapter 4. Western Human Energy Theory 37
Chapter 5. Modern Human Energy Theory 47
Chapter 6. Observations ofthe Energy Field 55
Chapter 7. The Phenomenon ofthe Aura 69
PartIII. TheDynamics ofDysfunction 83
Chapter 8. The Sources of Dysfunction 84
Chapter 9. Patterns ofDenial 93
Chapter 10. The Origins of Dysfunction 102
PartIV. TheResults ofDysfunction Ill
Chapter 11. Creative Aspects ofthe Ego 112
Chapter 12. The Dynamics ofPain I:
Its Nature and Origin 125
Chapter 13. The Dynamics ofPain II:
The Attachment to Pain 136
Chapter 14. The Anatomy ofEvil 146
Part V. Dysfunction in EverydayLife 157
Chapter 15. Aggression in Men and Women 158
Chapter 16. Aggression in the Upper Body 175
Chapter 17. The Case ofthe Broken Heart 189
Part VI. The Work ofIntegration 199
Chapter 18. From Distortion to Self-Truth 200
Chapter 19. The Four Stages ofthe Work 210
Chapter 20. Core to Core: Group Therapy 227
Chapter 21. The Forces of Love, Eros, and Sexuality 249
Part VII. Synthesisand Unity 263
Chapter 22. The Birth ofa New Age 264
Chapter 23. Toward a Holistic Synthesis: The Fusion
of Energy and Consciousness 275