Ventures into Deep Imagination

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Michael Wilson is a psychotherapist and depth psychologist, author of Resource Focused Counselling & Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017) and co-author of Creative Ethical Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy (Sage, 2012); www.michaelwilson.uk.com.

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An anthology of weekly contemplations and practices for spirituality through the lens of psychology, inspired by the culture and mythology of the Celts in Britain and Ireland and their connection with nature.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Beginning the Journey

Week 1: Deepening into Darkness at Samhain

Week 2: The Way of the Birch

Week 3: On Becoming an Otter

Week 4: Forest as Guide to Stillness and Solitude

Week 5: The Way of Deep Imagination

Week 6: Gifts of the Rowan

Week 7: The Otherworld, Courage, and the Joy of Being Lost

Travelling on the Path

Week 8: Winter Solstice and the Rebirth of the Sun

Week 9: Gifts of Humility and Awe

Week 10: Patience, Adventure, and the Journey

Week 11: Gifts from the Tale of Branwen, Daughter of Ll r

Week 12: The Recollection of Being

Week 13: Wisdom of the Alder

Walking in the Edgelands

Week 14: Venerating the Goddess at Imbolc

Week 15: Wisdom from the Tale of Esus

Week 16: Edgelands and the Gift of Connection

Week 17: Cultivating Wise Innocence

Week 18: Inspiration on the Path

Week 19: Into the Wildwood

Week 20: The Blackbird, the Ash, and Innate Wisdom

Ritualising Spirituality

Week 21: The Promise of Spring Equinox

Week 22: The Moon, the Hare, Sacrifice, and the Goddess

Week 23: Spirituality of Hope

Week 24: The Way of the Hawthorn and Fairies in the Wildwood

Week 25: On Being Radically Open to Faith in the Unknown

Week 26: Imagination as a Pathway to Truth

Reflecting on Mystery

Week 27: Gifts from Beltane Fire

Week 28: The Oak, Aranrhod and the Divine Twins

Week 29: Cultivating Susceptibility to Mystery

Week 30: Joy and Celebration

Week 31: Gifts of Hospitality

Week 32: Cernunnos, Edge-Walking, and the Wildwood

Week 33: The Holly, Peredur, and Life Energy

Musing on the Wilder Nature of Being

Week 34: Summer Solstice and Transience

Week 35: The Way of the Boar

Week 36: The Practice of Inner Journeying

Week 37: Springs, Wells, Pools, and Intuition

Week 38: Merlin and the Way of the Feral Self

Week 39: The Dog, the Wolf, Projection, and the Shadow

Making Meaning on the Way

Week 40: Lughnasadh, Generosity, and Possibility

Week 41: The Practice of Gratitude

Week 42: The Way of Eloquence

Week 43: Beauty and the Isle of Apples

Week 44: Path with Meaning

Week 45: The Holy Power of Place

Week 46: The Sun, the Turning Wheel and Fate

Deepening into Being

Week 47: Autumn Equinox and the Way of the Salmon

Week 48: Sleep and the Gifts of Dreams and Visions

Week 49: The Gentle Art of Discernment

Week 50: Spirituality of Rest

Week 51: The Bronze Boat with Golden Oars

Week 52: Spirituality of Eldering

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