List of Selected Stories
(from Appendix I of The Path of a Reluctant Metaphysician)
– List of Author’s Personal Stories –
Chapter 1:
- The Tree of Life: In My Back Yard
Chapter 2:
- My Childhood Energy Blocks
Chapter 3:
- Murdered by Nazis: My Lucid Repetitive Dream
Chapter 4:
• My Life Path: Two Streams Joining
Chapter 5:
• Dandelions Are Not Just Weeds
• Woodstock: Social Forces and Psychedelic Experiences
• A Lawyer Captured by Astrological Forces?
• My First Philosophy Class: An Introduction to Metaphysics
Chapter 6
• My First Teaching Job-Montclair State
• Dream of the Land Where the Sun Rises in the West
• Don’t Worry Dad, I’ll Still Be a Lawyer; but I’ll Be a Lawyer for the Body, Mind, and Spirit
• Dangers in Answering the Hero’s Call: My Journey to California
Chapter 7:
• Telegraph Avenue in the Early 1970’s: Mythology Comes Alive on the Streets
• Esalen Institute: The Four Shaman Dream
Chapter 8:
• My Vision Quest: Deer Kissing Eyes
• Carrying Forth the Vision: Teaching at JFK University While Sleeping in the Woods
Chapter 9:
• Am I a Direct Descendent of the Baal Shem Tov?
• The Kabbalistic Connection Between My Name and the 16th Century Alchemist and Court Physician, Michael Maier
• Almost Arrested for Sleeping in the Woods
Chapter 10:
• Meeting with Manly Hall: Author of The Secret Teachings of All Ages
• The Founding of JFK University’s Transpersonal Counseling Program
• Meeting with Dane Rudhyar: A Foremost Astrologer of Our Age
• Meeting with Dr. Eugene Gendlin: Originator of “Focusing" and A.P.A.’s Most Distinguished Psychologist of the Year
• Meeting Ken Wilber: My Cat Has a Question for You
• Teaching My Cat to Give Massages
• Meeting Larry Dossey: Is Splitting Intention and Energy a False Dichotomy?
• Meetings with Kozoko Onodera—A Polarity Therapy Healer
• Stalking Deer in the Woods with Yi Chuan Qigong Walking Meditation
• Meetings with Master Fong Ha and other Tai Chi/Qigong Masters
• Transforming Coldness with Standing Meditation Qigong
• Meetings with Hana Matt: A Jewish Renewal Teacher
Chapter 11:
• How Taoist Saliva Swallowing Saved My Life in the Desert in Israel
• Standing Meditation, the River of Life, and Scuba Diving: Opening of the Taoist Door to the Sea of Elixir
• The Hawaiian Flute Master: A Cross-cultural View on Honoring Your Departed Loved Ones
Chapter 12:
• Dancing with Deer-Not Dancing with Wolves
Chapter 13:
• My Vision of the Origin of Tai Chi
Chapter 14:
• My Visit to the Cave of the Oracle of Delphi
Chapter 15:
• Healing with the Elements: Transpersonal Hypnosis for a Writer’s Block
Chapter 16:
• Meeting Dr. Bessel Van de Kolk: Advocating for Qigong Empowerment for Trauma Victims
Chapter 18:
• A Dream of the Energy-Stream, Vacuum Cleaner in Reverse: Empowerment in Relationship to My Inner Foe
Chapter 19:
• Tai Chi Self-defense in a Bar in Hawaii
• Crane Splitting Hands: Weakling Scholar Uses Empty Force to Protect Himself
Chapter 20
• Four Crows Join When My Father’s Dies
• A Mourning Ritual: Rising in a Plane with the Full Moon
Chapter 22
• Pelican Sinks Its Qi on My Car
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