List Books » At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability
Authors: Ira Progroff, IRA Progroff
ISBN-13: 9780874776386, ISBN-10: 0874776384
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: May 1992
Edition: Revised
This revised and expanded edition of the classic At a Journal Workshop, a self-published bestseller, offers the reader access to the most widely praised method of diary ...
Progoff, a psychotherapist and pioneer in the therapeutic use of journal writing, has conducted workshops on the Intensive Journal Process since 1966. His program offers more than a chronological diary; the Intensive Journal Process is a complex and systematic method for gaining self-insight by recording thoughts, dreams, and significant events, which are then used as focal points for meditation and written reflection in separate sections. This book, a condensed version of two previous works, At a Journal Workshop ( LJ 11/1/75) and The Practice of Process Meditation ( LJ 12/1/80), follows the sequence of an introductory workshop, with the reader as an active participant. The casual reader looking for a summary or overview of the process will find this approach disappointing, while those familiar with the previous works will find little new other than a rearrangement of text. Nonetheless, this is a fascinating guidebook for those seriously committed to exploring journal writing as a means of self-discovery. Recommended for academic and large public libraries that don't own copies of the earlier works.-- Lucille Boone, San Jose P.L., Cal.
Introduction | ||
Pt. 1 | Preparing for Your Journal Work | 1 |
1 | The Scope of Personal Renewal | 2 |
2 | Seeking the Elan of Life: The Dimensions of Private Journal Work | 19 |
3 | The Atmosphere of a Journal Workshop | 33 |
Pt. 2 | First Stages of Your Journal Work | 45 |
4 | Positioning Yourself in the Present: The Period Log | 46 |
5 | Twilight Imagery and Life Correlation | 57 |
6 | The Daily Log | 65 |
Pt. 3 | The Life/Time Dimension | 73 |
Introduction to the Life/Time Dimension | 74 | |
7 | The Steppingstones | 76 |
8 | The Steppingstone Periods in the Life History Log | 90 |
9 | Intersections: Roads Taken and Not Taken | 102 |
10 | Time-Stretching: Backward and Forward | 108 |
Pt. 4 | The Dialogue Dimension | 123 |
Introduction to the Dialogue Dimension | 124 | |
11 | Dialogue with Persons | 127 |
12 | Dialogue with Works | 141 |
13 | Dialogue with the Body | 154 |
14 | Dialogue with Events, Situations, and Circumstances | 167 |
15 | Dialogue with Society | 182 |
Pt. 5 | The Depth Dimension | 195 |
Introduction to the Depth Dimension | 196 | |
16 | The Dream Log: Beginning to Work with Our Dreams | 198 |
17 | Twilight Dreaming: Using Dream Enlargements and Imagery Extensions | 209 |
Pt. 6 | The Meaning Dimension | 222 |
Introduction to the Meaning Dimension | 223 | |
18 | Meditation Log I: Entrance Meditations | 225 |
19 | Meditation Log II: Spiritual Positioning | 232 |
20 | Meditation Log III: Inner Process Entries | 241 |
21 | Connections I: The Cycles of Connective Experience | 247 |
22 | Connections II: Gatherings | 257 |
23 | Connections III: Spiritual Steppingstones and Inner Wisdom Dialogue | 267 |
24 | Connections IV: Re-Openings of Spiritual Roads Not Taken | 286 |
25 | PDE: Peaks, Depths, and Explorations | 300 |
26 | Modalities for Next Experience | 312 |
27 | Mantra/Crystal Experiences | 328 |
28 | Testament | 350 |
29 | Now: The Open Moment | 359 |
Pt. 7 | Continuing Your Journal Work | 364 |
30 | Resource and Continuity | 365 |
Appendix A: Entrance Meditations | 383 | |
Appendix B: Mantra Crystals from the Workshop Floor | 392 | |
Appendix C: Spiritual Steppingstones | 397 | |
Appendix D: The Registered Intensive Journal Workbook | 402 | |
Other Books by Ira Progoff | 411 | |
Index | 412 | |
About the Author and The Intensive Journal Program | 421 |