Blows, D. (1980). BRYANT, C. The river within: the search for God in the depth. London, Dartman, Longman & Todd, 1979. Pp. 152. £2.95.. J. Anal. Psychol., 25:115.

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(1980). Journal of Analytical Psychology, 25:115

BRYANT, C. The river within: the search for God in the depth. London, Dartman, Longman & Todd, 1979. Pp. 152. £2.95.

Review by: D. Blows

Christopher Bryant is an Anglican monk and he writes from within a living tradition of spirituality. Like many before him he treats the spiritual life as a journey or pilgrimage. What distinguishes his approach is the way in which he draws extensively on modern psychology to illuminate the journey.

Fundamental to Fr Bryant's thinking is Jung's concept of the self which he takes to be the centre of the soul and the place where God may be encountered. ‘The work of finding our true centre and of bringing the whole personality into harmony with it… is the work of a lifetime.’ ‘The desire for God is the desire to be one with our true centre … to live in accordance with the truth of our being.’ ‘Being estranged from God means being unaware of, and out of touch with, the heights and depths of our own personality, estranged from our own centre, unable to live our own truth.’

In the first half of the book the author uses Er

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