Searching God

<I>Searching God</I> is one man's introspective look at the most influential books in hislife beginning at age seventeen when he discovered Kahlil Gibran's <I>The Prophet.<P>In this provocative exploration of spirituality history creative mythology andpsychology George Kuser profiles eight significant writers: Kahlil Gibran ArnoldToynbee Joseph Campbell Carl Jung Erich Neumann Carl Kerenyi J. J.Bachofen and Conrad Richter. Kuser discusses how and why their writings havechanged his life and way of thinking forever.<P>Because <I>The Prophet</I> impacted his life at such an early age Kuser focuses hisattention on how Gibran's philosophies have informed his thoughts on spirituality.On history he discusses Arnold Toynbee's <I>A Study of History</i> written in themiddle of the twentieth century and compares Toynbee's ideas about religion withtoday's concepts. For creative mythology Kuser delves into the power of mythwith Joseph Campbell who examines the relationship between myth and religion.Last he spotlights three of the twentieth century's great psychiatrists Carl JungErich Neumann and Carl Kerenyi honoring their deep and definitive views aboutmythology.<P><I>Searching God </I>will encourage avid readers everywhere to consider and appreciatehow authors may have subtly-and not so subtly-influenced their lives in waysthey never expected.