The Soul in Depression
On Being with Krista Tippett
The Dark Night of the Soul
Anita barrows has been a practitioner of terravata buddhism for most of her adult life, alongside her jewish tradition. She has lived with depression as far back as she can remember and is trying to bring it into the light. The psalmist of the hebrew bible wrote repeatedly of the pit of spar; sixteenth century spanish mystic john of the cross penned the phrase dark night of the soul. And there's a growing buddhist literature on such themes.
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