Kindred Spirits

About the Book

This is a book of social criticism, historical analysis, psychological theory, and self-disclosure with a dollop of transcendental mysticism thrown in at the very end. Its thesis: “We are all kindred spirits and we all forget that we are all kindred spirits.” We are all experiencing processes. We are all ambiguous gestalts. We are all “more simply human than otherwise.” True, we have our divisions. We are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, male and female, straight and gay, ‘us’ and ‘them’. The first two parts of the book are about two of these divisions: racism and excessive inequality. But, ultimately, it ought to be our goal to remember - one more time than we forget - that we are all kindred spirits. I hope that is the direction in which world-consciousness is going.

About the Author

Neil Friedman has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University. He has taught at major universities such as Brandeis and SUNY Stonybrook. For the past 25 years he has been in the private practice of psychotherapy with individuals and couples. He also trains therapists. He is a Certifying Co-ordinator for The Focusing Institute and a Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association. He has written ten books. He has two daughters and a grand-daughter. He lives with his wife, Kate, in Arlington, Mass. More about him can be found at his website www.neilheart.com This is his second Sid Lehman novel. The first is St. Thomas: A Tale of the Heart (Xlibris, 2003). A third, Becoming Seventy, is in process as is a non-fiction book, FOCUSING As A Way of Living.