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Creativity, Spirituality, and Mental HealtH this book emphasizes the integral connections between imagination, creativity, and spirituality and their role in healing. First, the author highlights the work of a neglected yet important psychoanalyst, Marion Milner – a painter and undeclared mystic – expanding her work on creativity, mysticism, and mental health. Second, she explores imagination and creativity as expressed in fostering hope and in spiritually-oriented therapies, particularly for mood, anxiety, and eating disorders – offering practical application of studies in imagination and the arts. raab Mayo concludes that both creativity and the potential for transcendence are inherent in the human psyche and can work as allies in the process of recovery from mental illness. aSHGate neW CritiCal tHinKinG in reliGiOn, tHeOlOGy and BiBliCal StudieS the Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies series brings high quality research monograph publishing back into focus for authors, international libraries, and student, academic and research readers. Headed by an international editorial advisory board of acclaimed scholars spanning the breadth of religious studies, theology and biblical studies, this open- ended monograph series presents cutting-edge research from both established and new authors in the field. With specialist focus yet clear contextual presentation of contemporary research, books in the series take research into important new directions and open the field to new critical debate within the discipline, in areas of related study, and in key areas for contemporary society. Other Recently Published Titles in the Series: theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance Myk Habets The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements The Tensions of the Spirit peter Hocken Reading Anselm’s proslogion The History of Anselm’s Argument and its Significance Today ian logan Jürgen Moltmann’s Ethics of Hope Eschatological Possibilities For Moral Action timothy Harvie Phenomenology and Eschatology Not Yet in the Now edited by neal deroo and John panteleimon Manoussakis The Identity of Christian Morality ann Marie Mealey Evagrius Ponticus The Making of a Gnostic Julia Konstantinovsky Creativity, Spirituality, and Mental Health exploring Connections Kelley raaB MayO Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Canada © Kelley raab Mayo 2009 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Kelley raab Mayo has asserted her right under the Copyright, designs and patents act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. published by ashgate publishing limited ashgate publishing Company Wey Court east Suite 420 union road 101 Cherry Street Farnham Burlington Surrey, Gu9 7pt vt 05401-4405 england uSa www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data raab Mayo, Kelley a. Creativity, spirituality and mental health: exploring connections. – (ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology and biblical studies) 1. Milner, Marion Blackett. 2. Mental health – religious aspects. 3. Healing – religious aspects. 4. Spirituality – Health aspects. 5. Creative ability – religious aspects. 6. Creative ability – Health aspects. 7. Mind and body. i. title ii. Series 616.8'9–dc22 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data raab Mayo, Kelley a. Creativity, spirituality, and mental health: exploring connections / Kelley raab Mayo. p. cm. – (new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies) includes bibliographical references. iSBn 978-0-7546-6458-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. psychology, religious. 2. psychology and religion. 3. Creation (literary, artistic, etc.) 4. Mental illness – religious aspects. i. title. Bl53.r215 2009 200.1'9–dc22 2009009321 iSBn 978-0-7546-6458-1 (hbk) iSBn 978-0-7546-9635-3 (ebk.III) For Yvon This page has been left blank intentionally Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 introduction 1 2 Marion Milner on Mysticism and Creativity 13 3 Spirituality and Creativity: theory and practice 33 4 Hope and the religious imagination 55 5 issues of Mood and anxiety 81 6 eating disorders 109 7 Conclusion 131 Bibliography 145 Index 165 This page has been left blank intentionally acknowledgments i want to thank the librarians at the royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre for their untiring diligence in obtaining reference material for me – Cathy Maclean, Christine penn, and Susan rolleston. thank you to my editor Sarah lloyd for taking a chance on this book. and thanks go to the rev. Grace McBride, royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, dr. diana Koszycki, university of Ottawa Faculty of education, and dr. Jacques Bradwejn, university of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, for their support for research on spirituality and mental health. Some of the chapters contain portions of previously published work, as detailed below. i wish to thank the copyright holders for permission to reproduce this material. A portion of Chapter 1 was first published as “Psychiatry,” in D. Leeming (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion (ny: Springer, 2009). reprinted with permission of The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. A portion of Chapter 2 was first published as “Creativity and Transcendence in the Work of Marion Milner,” American Imago 57/2 (2000): 185–214. © the Johns Hopkins university press. reprinted with permission of the Johns Hopkins university press. A portion of Chapter 2 was first published as “Mysticism and Mental Health in the Work of Marion Milner,” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 4/2 (2001): 193–208. reprinted with permission of Mental Health, Religion and Culture (http: informaworld.com). Portions of Chapters 2 and 3 were first published as “Mysticism, Creativity, and Psychoanalysis: Learning From Marion Milner,” The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion 13/2 (2003): 79–96. reprinted with permission of The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. A portion of Chapter 4 was first published as “Fostering Hope in a Psychiatric Hospital,” in J.L. Hochheimer (Ed.), Hope: Probing the Boundaries (amsterdam and new york: rodopi, 2009). reprinted with permission of inter-disciplinary.net. A portion of Chapter 5 was first published as “Manic Depression and Religious Experience: The Use of Religion in Therapy,” Mental Health, Religion and Culture 10/5 (2007): 473–487. reprinted with permission of Mental Health, religion and Culture (http:informaworld.com).
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