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Focusing on the psychological roots of fundamentalism, this book explores the harmful convictions that can arise from such beliefs. It serves as a crucial resource for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and counselors, both seasoned and in training, while also appealing to those intrigued by the mental states associated with fundamentalism. The insights provided aim to enhance understanding of the interplay between conviction and mental well-being.

This book is about the difficulty of endings, but it is also about learning from the endings that we know have gone wrong as well as those that have worked well. It sets out how the psychological therapist can help a person to live well while life is available, and to face the endings that confront all of us with honesty, and the acceptance of our human fragility. Therapists suffer through the fears and failures of the people they see as well as through their own endings. These difficulties can either help each one to be more understanding and helpful, or can lead to disaster. This book is about making sure that we use experience as well as theory constructively.

Money speaks in everyday life and in literature of our greed and our generosity, our pride and our humiliation and as it passes among us it shows our creativity and our ability to co-operate even while it can also lead us to fight to the death. This book is for psychological therapists and for the general reader interested in human nature. Money has mattered since the first human attempts to symbolise value and enable people to wait for the return on their own labours. Since the financial crisis of 2008 its impact at a macro as well as a micro level is inescapable. It has become a means of exchange, much like language and has opened up social mobility to factors other than birth. This book looks at the origin of money and its history but most of all, what attitudes to money tell us about the way we connect to each other.

Focusing on the phenomenon of supernovae, this revised 1985 edition delves into the historical context of ancient astronomy. It explores the significance of these cosmic events and their impact on our understanding of the universe, blending scientific insights with the cultural interpretations of early astronomers. The narrative captures the wonder and mystery surrounding supernovae, highlighting their role in both historical and modern astronomical studies.