The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues - Softcover

Sardello, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571743197 ISBN 13: 9781571743190

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The twelve virtues have been part of Western spirituality for centuries. We develop these inner gifts to create truer ways of relating to people and the world. They keep us in touch with the world and the spiritual needs of others. We today are in dire need of them.

Robert Sardello is a major figure in America's rediscovery of soul, reacquainting thousands with its importance and vitality. Thomas Moore hails him as one of our most creative and original thinkers, while James Hillman praises him for breaking open startling new realms of meaning. Sardello's probing, provocative books and his seminars and "soul retreats" through his School of Spiritual Psychology, have earned him widespread respect and attention.

In The Power of Soul, he shows us how to educate the emotions, refine the soul, and develop inner character. He explains how to locate the soul and gain a sense of how our soul wants to act in the world. In warm, thoughtful prose, Sardello gives us a new, Western way to lead an authentic spiritual life and gain an inner feeling for each virtue.

He says, "Once we enter into the task of developing virtue, we enter into an alchemical process of transforming our soul life into capacities for helping others gracefully, and with subtlety and nuance."

About this title

About the Author

Robert Sardello, PhD, is cofounder (with Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, PhD, in 1992) of the School of Spiritual Psychology. At the University of Dallas, he served as chair of the Department of Psychology, head of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and graduate dean. He is also cofounder and a faculty member of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, as well as author of more than 200 articles in scholarly journals and cultural publications, and is a former faculty member of the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. Having developed spiritual psychology based in archetypal psychology, phenomenology, and the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner from more than thirty-five years of research in this discipline, as well as holding positions in two universities, Dr. Sardello is now an independent teacher and scholar, teaching all over the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., as well as the Czech Republic, the Philippines, and Australia. He is a consultant to many educational and cultural institutions and a dissertation adviser at numerous academic institutions. He is author of several books, including Facing the World with Soul; Love and the World; Freeing the Soul from Fear; The Power of Soul: Living the Twelve Virtues. and Silence.

Review

How we view virtuosity in light of the human condition. [Sardello's] title makes sense...virtues have the power of transformation. -- Venture Inward, June 2006

Relates to growing interest in spirituality. Sardello identifies 12 "virtues" that build a relationship with one's spiritual self. -- Venture Inward, January/February 2006

Edition details

• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571743197
• ISBN 13: 9781571743190
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256