The Spiritual Gift of Madness
by Farber, Seth; Millett, KateFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-04-17
Publisher(s): Inner Traditions
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Summary
Many of the great prophets of the past experienced madness a breakdown followed by a breakthrough, spiritual death followed by rebirth. With the advent of modern psychiatry, the budding prophets of today are captured and transformed into chronic mental patients before they can flower into the visionaries and mystics they were intended to become. As we approach the tipping point between extinction and global spiritual awakening, there is a deep need for these prophets to be free to embrace their spiritual gifts. To make this happen, we must learn to respect the sanctity of madness. We need to cultivate Mad Pride.
Author Biography
Seth Farber, Ph.D., is a psychologist, public speaker, and a founder of the Network against Coercive Psychiatry. The author of several books, including Unholy Madness, and an editor of The Journal of Mind and Behavior, he lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xxi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxv |
| Introduction Discovering the Higher Sanity within Madness | p. 1 |
| The Failure of the Psychiatric System and the Biomedical Myth | |
| Interview with Peter Stastny, M.D.: The Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Complex and Its Critics | p. 36 |
| The Mind Freedom Hunger Strike | p. 57 |
| Interview with David Oaks: From Harvard to the Psychiatric Survivors' Movement | p. 86 |
| The Intellectual Background of Mad Pride | |
| Mental Patients' Liberation | p. 118 |
| R. D. Laing, John Weir Perry, and the Sanctuary for Visionaries | p. 125 |
| Interview with Chaya Grossberg: Spiritually Informed Social Activism | p. 131 |
| Interview with Caty Simon: The Communitarian Vision | p. 167 |
| Dangerous Gifts | |
| The Roots of The Icarus Project | p. 200 |
| Interview with Sascha DuBrul: The Reluctant Warrior, May 2009 | p. 223 |
| The Warrior in Retreat | p. 240 |
| The Icarus Project and the Future of Mad Pride | p. 250 |
| Prophets of Madness or Messiahs among Us? | |
| The Messianic or Postmodern Paradigm? | p. 262 |
| The Relationship of Mad Pride to Messianic Transformation | p. 268 |
| Interview with Dr. Ed Whitney: Finding Oneself at the Age of Forty-five; Messianic Visions | p. 275 |
| Awakenings in History and Social Activism | |
| Cultural Revitalization Movements | p. 304 |
| Interview with Paul Levy: "They May Say I'm a Dreamer" | p. 325 |
| Revitalization and the Messianic-Redemptive Vision of Sri Aurobindo | p. 362 |
| Whither Mad Pride? | p. 381 |
| Epilogue | |
| Beating the System | p. 392 |
| Appendix | |
| Extracts from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri | p. 397 |
| Notes | p. 404 |
| Bibliography | p. 418 |
| Index | p. 426 |
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