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A novel about the boyhood of a Midwestern boy who begins his life held in a vivid spiritual certainty but, through the circumstances of his nurture and schooling, loses it. This BOYHOOD novel will be the first volume of a trilogy in which Jonathan will become a great sage and national pundit, only to lose that lofty status before (in volume three) integrating all that has happened to him into a surprising new scheme of meaning. Read an excerpt from Jonathan Force The Guru A short novel about a solitary boy, Harris Mueller, who grows up believing he is a God-man. The Figure of Icarus An extended reflection on the plight of contemporary boys. The central thesis is that nurture and schooling combine to make boys forfeit their deep nature in favor of a culturally approved imposture. Read an excerpt from The Figure of Icarus Souls in Boxes Drawing on archetypal psychology, classical thought, and selected western literature, this is an extended reflection into the nature of the soul, soulful relatedness, and certain contemporary problems that can be clarified and resolved through soulful understanding. Considered at some length are romantic love, deep friendship, and organizational relationships. Read an excerpt from Souls in Boxes The Source of Longing A novel in which a journalist in early mid-life experiences a call to face squarely unacknowledged stirrings in his deep interior. He embarks on an improbable course of therapy, in the course of which he falls in love with his therapist, and she with him. A married man and a loving father, he loses everything familiar and must reconstruct his life on new terms. The novel also examines these developments from the standpoint of the journalist’s wife and that of his beloved therapist. |
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