Speech of the Grail

A Journey Towards Speaking that Heals and Transforms

Linda Sussman

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English

Lindisfarne Books
01 January 1995

Age groups; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice

Storyteller and ceremonialist Linda Sussman explores how to speak in a new way that is one that heals and transforms.

She takes the epic story of the grail, as told by Wolfram von Eschenbach in ""Parzival"", as her guide. This tale weaves together Celtic, Oriental, Christian, Arthurian and alchemical sources. Linda Sussman sees ""Parzival"" as depicting the path of initiation to healing speech, to doing the truth in word and deed.

First, she tells the story in a beautiful way, allowing the reader to reproduce within themselves the potent inner pictures of the text. Then she shows that it is not so much a path toward perfection, as the recovery of a right relationship to our imperfections. She shows, too that it is a path in which male and female aspects work together in the overcoming of evil.

By: Linda Sussman
Imprint: Lindisfarne Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9780940262690
ISBN 10: 094026269X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 January 1995
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Linda Sussman, Ph.D., educator, storyteller, ceremonialist, counselor, holds her doctorate in Spiritual Psychology and Oral Tradition. Trained as a psychotherapist with mostly Jungian orientation, she helped to create the Center for the Healing Arts in Los Angeles which for ten years, offered a psycho-spiritual healing program for persons with life-threatening illnesses. For 18 years in Portland, she performed, taught and sponsored storytelling events through her business, Oregon Supporters of the Spoken Arts. A licensed minister since 1991, she works with individuals, couples and groups to create Ceremonies by Design to honor life transitions, including birth, death, weddings and adolescence. Robert Sardello, PhD, is cofounder (with Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, PhD, in 1992) of the School of Spiritual Psychology. At the University of Dallas, he served as chair of the Department of Psychology, head of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and graduate dean. He is also cofounder and a faculty member of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, as well as author of more than 200 articles in scholarly journals and cultural publications, and is a former faculty member of the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. Having developed spiritual psychology based in archetypal psychology, phenomenology, and the spiritual science of Rudolf Steiner from more than thirty-five years of research in this discipline, as well as holding positions in two universities, Dr. Sardello is now an independent teacher and scholar, teaching throughout the US, Canada, and the UK, as well as the Czech Republic, Philippines, and Australia. He is a consultant to many educational and cultural institutions and a dissertation adviser at numerous academic institutions. He is author of several books, including Facing the World with Soul (2003) and Love and the World (2001).

Reviews for Speech of the Grail: A Journey Towards Speaking that Heals and Transforms

""This fascinating meditation on a twelfth-century telling of the Grail story reveals the myth as an initiatic investigation into the question of right speech. Only through discovering how we can speak to the present moment's unique requirements, Linda shows, can we find our true place in the world--a place of abundance, freshness, creativity, integrity, responsiveness, and connection; one which links the personal with the communal, the sacred, and the wide life of the earth."" --Jane Hirshfield, author of The Lives of the Heart: Poems and Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry ""An excellent addition to the literature on the Grail."" --John Matthews, author of The Song of Taliesin: Tales from King Arthur's Bard and editor of Le Morte D'Arthur: Complete, Unabridged, Illustrated Edition ""Reading Speech of the Grail, I found myself on fire with longing and joy. It is a unique book: a dynamic and totally readable telling of Parzival's quest; an illuminating reflection on the story's meaning, history, and significance; and, most profoundly, an authentic gift that resonates and restores faith in living communication, spiritual longing, and community."" --Laura Simms, author of The Robe of Love: Secret Instructions for the Heart