tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977866885114536826.post1362712651845707956..comments2024-02-21T01:27:31.350-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Therafields: Meeting VisvaldisBrenda M Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485211837092356266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977866885114536826.post-35426169201758316072012-07-15T08:10:47.972-07:002012-07-15T08:10:47.972-07:00I was very struck by the entry by "professoro...I was very struck by the entry by "professoronline." I was one of those enthusiastic youth. It was the most moving and meaningful time of my life and shaped me in many ways. I regret it not and am still able to love the very human and fallible people who both led and participated in it. What a ride! I still carry on the work.<br />Another TherapistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977866885114536826.post-77056240460081174362011-07-30T09:10:18.930-07:002011-07-30T09:10:18.930-07:00I just found out about Grant's book, which I h...I just found out about Grant's book, which I have not yet read, and this blog, which I am reading from the first posting onwards.<br /><br />So far I am liking the blog and I have ordered the book.<br /><br />You are providing bits of history of which I knew very very little. I keep wanting to shout out, "what in hell did we all think we were doing?"owld_gemininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977866885114536826.post-42137614399115717062010-10-31T16:30:12.422-07:002010-10-31T16:30:12.422-07:00I am enjoying your blog responses to reading Grant...I am enjoying your blog responses to reading Grant's book very much. It is important to "fact" check and offer an alternative interpretation of events. Your writing is evocative and refreshing. Memories of Therafields are coming back in floods.<br /><br />Here's my initial response to the book - I was disappointed for the following reasons.<br /><br />Commentary:<br /> <br />This is a loveless book. No passion, no joy and no laughter; a stale whiff of male detachment escapes from each page. I search in vain for a description of the freshness of youth, of the boundless energy of young people living in an experimental community that held so much promise and shaped their lives.<br /><br />Therafields was all about the central place of feelings in people’s lives, yet the author avoids any real feeling. He merely chronicles events, offering the "preferred reading" of the history of Therafields. The power structure of this hierarchical institution and its underground politics re-emerge, reified in the many quotes of former “religious” used to support and frame the author’s version of its history. The tone of the text makes the reader wonder if the book had been pre-approved by the former priests and nuns who were members of the elite, Hypno I. <br /><br />The narrative silences the voices of the hundreds of "little" people who were not members of the "inner circle" of therapists. Missing are the stories of vibrant young people who threw themselves into the experiment, emotionally and intellectually open, trusting, vulnerable and filled with the idealism and hope of the era. <br /><br />[I remember their stories...with deep feeling and much affection.]professoronlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204103219906787513noreply@blogger.com