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Ageless soul : the lifelong journey toward meaning and joy / Thomas Moore.

by Moore, Thomas, 1940-

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Thorndike Press, c2018.

LP 155.6719 M824a

Aging -- Attitudes.

Aging -- Psychological aspects.

Aging -- Religious aspects.

Conduct of life.

Older people -- Religious life.

Thorndike Press large print lifestyles

9781432846862 (hc.)

Large print ed.

481 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Part one: Rites of passage. The first taste of aging ; Old bodies, young souls ; The passages of life -- Part two: Becoming a deeper person as you age. Melancholy: a way to happiness ; Processing life experiences ; The maturing of sexuality -- Part three: Imagine aging differently. Illness as an initiation ; Kindly curmudgeons ; Play, work, retire -- Part four: Open your heart to the future. Being fulfilled as an elder ; Legacy: the future of your life experiment ; Transforming loneliness -- Part five: The spirituality of aging. Friendship and community ; The angel of old age ; Living with dying -- Conclusion: Let things take their course.

Using examples from his practice as a psychotherapist and teacher who lectures widely on the soul of medicine and spirituality, Thomas Moore argues for a new vision of ageing: as a dramatic series of initiations, rather than a diminishing experience, one that each of us has the tools, experience, maturity, fulfillment, to live out. Subjects include: Why melancholy is a natural part of ageing, and how to accept it, rather than confuse it with depression, the vital role of the elder and mentor in the lives of younger people, the many paths of spiritual growth and learning that open later in life, sex and sensuality, and building new communities and leaving a legacy.

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