Freedom and Destiny

289 Pages·1981·12.408 MB·English

by  Rollo May

FREEDOM AND DESTINY
By the Same Author
LOVE AND WILL
MAN'S SEARCH FOR HIMSELF
POWER AND INNOCENCE
THE MEANING OF ANXIETY
THE COURAGE TO CREATE
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE HUMAN DILEMMA
FREEDOM
AND
DESTINY
by
Rollo
May
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A DELTA BOOK
A DELTA BOOK
Published by .
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza .
New York, New York 10017
Copyright 1981 by Rollo May
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All rights reserved. For information address .
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, New York.
Delta @ TM 755118,D ell Publishing Co., Inc.
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ISBN: 0-440-53012-1
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Reprinted by arrangement with W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
First Delta printing
Contents s
Foreword xi
?Ile : The Crisis of Freedom
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The Present Crisis of Freedom 3
1. The Uniquenesosf Freedom 5
2. TheH ypocrisieosf Freedom 111
3. Tberapy:T o Set PeopleF ree I 8S
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One Man's Passage 24
1. TheF ear of Abandonment 30
2. TheA cknowledginogf Destiny 32
3. TheC onfrontingo f Mother 37
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4. Little Philip 39
5. Angera s a Path to Freedom 41
6. TheG reen-BluLe ad 4S
7. Lonelinesasn d Rebirth 48
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The Dynamics of Freedom 522
l. Freedomo f Doing, or Existential Freedom 533
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2. Freedomo f Being, or Essential Freedom 55
3. Is There a Conflict betweenF reedomo f Doinga nd Freedomo f
Being? 60
4. Growing in Freedom 62
IV I V .
The Paradoxes of Freedom 66
1. The Grand Inquisitor 68
2. Freedoma nd Rebellion 72
3. Freedoma s Participation 777
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On Human Destiny 8J
1. From Determinismt o Destiny %6
2. What Is Destiny? 88
3. Destiny and Responsibility 96
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Destiny and Death , 102
1. The Poignanceo f the Transient 104
2. Witchcraft and the Projection of Destiny 1(W
3. Destiny and the Ports
4. The Useso f Destins
Contents vii
TWO: Mistaken Paths to Freedom
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The New Narcissism 135
1. The Threat of Losso f Self 136
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2. "If 1 Am Me, Will 1 Be Free?" 140
3. The Myth of Narcissusa nd Revenge 144
VIII 1
Is Sex without Intimacy Freedom? 148
1: Freedom fromB arriers I SO
2. Sensation without Emotion 1 S2
3. Tbe Lost Power of Eros 1 S4
Three: Characteristics of Freedom _
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The Significance of the Pause 163
1.T he Language of Silence 165
2. Time and the Pause 167
3. Creativity and the Symbol 1 ?0
4. Leisurea nd the Pause 175
5. The Psychea nd the Ego 1777
6. Meditation and the Holy Void 180
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The Dizziness of Freedom 185
1. Anxiety and the Pause 187
2. Anxiety and Discovery 189
3. The Anxious Prophet 192
4. DogmatismI s Fear of Freedom 194
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Freedom and Destiny in Illness and Health 204
1. WesternM edicinea nd the Great Revolution 205
2. Acupuncture and the Orientai Influencei n WesternM edicine 208
3. The Balance betweenI llnessa nd Health 212
Four: The Fruits of Freedom
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The Renewal of Life 219
1. Freedoma nd the Human Spirit 220
2. The Authentic Mystics 222
3. Compassiona nd the Meaning of Evil 224
4. Forgivenessa nd Mercy 229
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XIII Î
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Despair and Joy
1. The Values of Despair 2355
2. Despair in Therapy 236
3. The Link between Despair and Joy 238
4. The Nature of Joy 241
Notes 245
Index 263