What's New on IJHC (Jan 2012)

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Editorial Musings

Iain McGilchrist's book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, is one of the most important books I have ever read. McGilchrist's thesis is that the existence of our world as we know it is threatened by our reliance on left brain hemisphere (LH) thinking – to the exclusion of right brain hemisphere (RH) awarenesses and thinking.

In this discussion I first review McGilchrist's observations and conclusions. He presents these as LH summaries of neuropsychiatry research, with historical considerations, and the effects of LH and RH on distinct cultural epochs through the past two and a half millennia. McGilchrist's analyses are presented as LH discussions of research evidence, wonderfully counterpointed by numerous, rich examples of RH and LH expressions in literature, linguistics, poetry, art, music and architecture. I then go on to consider extensions of McGilchrist's conclusions in the light of deeper understandings of RH functions from my own studies that include research, clinical and personal experiences. My worldview is based on wholistic understandings of the world that consider the unitary oneness of consciousness on every level of our being: body, emotions, mind, relationships (with other beings and with the environment) and spirit.

Remarkable Recoveries

Living with Life Challenges

Poetry, The Creative Arts and Humor are Healing
 
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