From the Brink: Experiences of the Void from a Depth Psychology Perspective - Paperback

by Paul W. Ashton (Author)

This book describes some of the defences employed against experiencing the void and suggests ways of helping ourselves decrease the rigidity of those defences so that we can encounter the void and in that process engage with it progressively.

Author Biography

Paul Ashton is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst living in Cape Town. He is a father of three daughters and has two granddaughters. Having completed a circumnavigation in a self-built yacht he has now developed a passion for the mountains and bush (flora and fauna) of Southern Africa; a passion he shares with his wife Helise. He has published review articles on books by Lyn Cowan and Rose-Emily Rothenberg and delivered lectures on 'Medea and Filicide', the sculptors 'Hepworth and Moore' and 'The Art of the Void'. He has a deep interest in literature, art and music.