Sources and Resources

by Erna M. Hoch

The creative world-making potential of consciousness is one of the fundamentals of Indian Philosophy. Accordingly in the most Indian scriptures a great variety of methods are recommended by which man, according to his nature and his level of self-realisation, can approach in this life the aim of becoming one with the Ultimate. The author of the present book, a Swiss psychiatrist, in her writings brings together Indian philosophy and her professional experience. She undertakes her own search for meaning in some of the ancient Indian scriptures and is amply rewarded by profound Sources which serve as potent Resources relevant to present day psychiatry and psychotherapy. The author also shows that ancient Indian philosophy in its correlation with Western psychotherapy has numerous points of contact. She comes across the conceptions that might help to arrive at a philosophical foundation for psychotherapic understanding and practice which may help people even in the West.