Bøger af J. E. Ketchel

Question reality. That's exactly what J. E. Ketchel does In Dreaming All The Time, the final book documenting her three-year-long shamanic journey of recapitulation. Vivid altered states of consciousness and communications with animal and spirit guides teach her that she is so much more than she realizes. As she journeys on, her total healing from childhood sexual abuse takes place in meaningful physical, mental and spiritual ways. In one final encounter with the man who abused her as a child, she learns a profound truth about her own life and the dream of her greater life.The ancient shamanic practice of Recapitulation led to complete healing from Complex PTSD for J. E. Ketchel. Her five books are a case study in that process, validating Recapitulation as a vital healing modality, offering guidance for anyone seeking a cure.Although J. E. Ketchel's books have been called difficult to read because of the incidences of sexual abuse, this final book, Dreaming All The Time, is perhaps the easiest to read. Replete with magic and mystery, and with fewer graphic descriptions of sexual abuse it covers the final leg of her dramatic healing journey. The first two books in the series, The Man in the Woods and The Edge of the Abyss are decidedly dark, as J. E. Ketchel recalled what happened to her in childhood. In the third and fourth books, Into the Vast Nothingness and Place of No Pity, the darkness and depression of first recall are being shed, trust is developing between the author and her helpers, physical and spiritual, and the magic is beginning to take over where the darkness had reigned. The hard stuff had to be recapitulated in order for the author to get to this state of magic and full healing, but you, the reader may jump ahead and read this book first if you wish, though know that you will be missing out on a lot of background information, and the details not only of her childhood but the intimate details of her everyday life that she shares so poignantly with her readers. So, start here, and work your way back as you discover that real healing only comes when the truth is faced and dealt with.J. E. Ketchel wrote The Recapitulation Diaries for three distinct reasons. First, to document that Complex PTSD is completely curable. Secondly, to underscore the brutal truth of what can happen to very young children in communities of every sort. Her experience is not unique. Sexual abuse of children happens all over the world; it's a uniquely human problem, and unless the brutal truth is faced it can't even begin to be addressed. Thirdly, as she discovered, the recapitulating and revisioning of trauma opens the door to a potential pathway to higher consciousness. This includes not only the discovery of life beyond the physical body but a discovery of the multidimensionality of human relationships that make possible the experience of love and acceptance of everyone and everything, for, as J. E. Ketchel discovers, her journey is ultimately about learning what love really means, and what it means to be a loving being, indeed, that love is the answer.Dreaming All The Time is indeed a book of magic and mystery. Life is revealed as full of meaning and possibility, as the author arrives at a peaceful and fulfilling journey's end.

J. E. Ketchel's foray into the world of the unconscious continues in Place of No Pity, Volume 4 of the Recapitulation Diaries. Where she went is not on any map, there are no directions, for it is a journey into the unknown. In her search for knowledge the fearless Ms. Ketchel was undaunted by what she encountered, always aware of the importance of keeping one foot in reality no matter where the journey took her. An intrepid traveler, she carried on the total dismantling of a self and a life that no longer served her while she simultaneously constructed a new self and a new life based on her own discoveries of what life could and should be. We cannot help but cheer her on. How many survivors of sexual abuse could find anything positive in their experience? As Ms. Ketchel contemplates in Place of No Pity: "Without my consent, sexual abuse was imposed on me and determined the kind of life I would lead. I have been a sexually abused person my entire life; I see that now. I understand that it has defined and controlled me on so many levels, but that it has also gotten me where I am now. Sexual abuse has provided the strong backbone of my existence too, so I must respect it rather than hate it. I must extricate from it the inherent good strengths and advantages that such a life afforded me and integrate them into who I am becoming, for though I suffered greatly I invariably gained a great deal as well." J. E. Ketchel takes us with her into the depths of her soul, going where few have dared to tread. With honesty, intelligence, and a thoroughly engaging manner she tells us her story, joining the ranks of the best diarists, the most daring explorers of the unconscious, and the vast legions of travelers into the unknown. Without attachment or self-importance she arrives on the verge of new life having discovered that a path of compassion and love is the only path worth pursuing. In Place of No Pity, J. E. Ketchel continues her fearless search for independence from her past and freedom from her deepest fears, a most difficult and a most rewarding task. In The Recapitulation Diaries, the ancient shamanic practice of recapitulation is presented for its value as a means of healing from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as a process offering profound spiritual exploration and transformation. It was introduced to Ms. Ketchel by a psychotherapist and practitioner of Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity, who recognized the benefits that recapitulation could have in a clinical setting. During her three-year-long recapitulation, Ms. Ketchel proved his hunch to be more than true. Recapitulation provided Ms. Ketchel with unique tools to face the challenges of an ever-deepening psychological journey into the deeper unconscious, a journey that few have dared to take. As her story unfolds the reader is offered a rare and intimate glimpse into the evolution of a human being willing to go the distance to fully heal from the deepest of traumas. Exquisitely written and deeply stirring, The Recapitulation Diaries are rewarding reading for anyone, but especially for those wishing to understand the unconscious and how it works, for those seeking a shamanic perspective for life's deepest issues, for those in search of healing and meaning, as well as for the professional at a loss for how to help those who suffer. Like many other ancient healing practices, handed down through generations of practitioners, recapitulation is imbued with the intent of the ancients. It is a powerful process, a pathway to a changed perception of the self and the world. As Ms. Ketchel's books underscore: the path to true freedom and real change lies within! Place of No Pity is Volume 4 of The Recapitulation Diaries. A Note of Caution: Adult material dealing with sexual abuse, entities and deep explorations of the human psyche. May be disturbing and fear inducing. Books in series: The Man in the Woods The Edge of the Abyss Into the Vast Nothingness Place of No Pi

J. E. Ketchel's deep soul-searching journey is a riveting tale of adventure. She grabs you at the first line and takes you into her world as she seeks to discover and connect with her lost self, a journey that she first revealed in The Man in the Woods. Her second book, The Edge of the Abyss, based on diaries she kept during her three-year-long journey, takes us still deeper into her encounters with evil of unfathomable proportion, processed through the ancient shamanic practice of recapitulation. In her quest for truth and knowledge, the familiar solid world that Ms. Ketchel had lived in and upheld her entire life unraveled bit by bit. Meanwhile, pieces of her fragmented self were brought back into consciousness and assimilated as a new sense of self developed. As she writes in The Edge of the Abyss: "...I've been quietly complacent my entire life, thinking it was just the way life was and that I should accept what was dealt me. Did I really think that men had a right to abuse me? Did I really think that I had no other recourse but to just let it happen? It's only now, as I do this recapitulation, that I realize my splintered, traumatized self could do nothing else. She was totally cut off from reality, caught in the nightmare world of fear and survival... two dominating forces in my life, holding my fragmented self together in delicate, tenuous balance. It's also only now-in my fiftieth year-that I understand that I don't have to take abuse. I don't have to give in..." Even as unknown memories assaulted her, even as she perched on the edge of the abyss of the great and mysterious unknown and faced her greatest fears, life was slowly but surely changing. In dreams and in reality, new energy was entering the picture and there were hints of vibrant life to come. This most gripping memoir of an ordinary woman's search for knowledge, stability, and freedom from the demons that haunted her is also an enlightening and magical story, a courageous inquiry into who we are and what has created us. In The Recapitulation Diaries, the ancient shamanic practice of recapitulation is presented for its value as a means of healing from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as a process offering profound spiritual exploration and transformation. It was introduced to Ms. Ketchel by a psychotherapist and practitioner of Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity, who recognized the benefits that recapitulation could have in a clinical setting. During her three-year-long recapitulation, Ms. Ketchel proved his hunch to be more than true. Recapitulation provided Ms. Ketchel with unique tools to face the challenges of an ever-deepening psychological journey into the deeper unconscious, a journey that few have dared to take. As her story unfolds the reader is offered a rare and intimate glimpse into the evolution of a human being willing to go the distance to fully heal from the deepest of traumas. Exquisitely written and deeply stirring, The Recapitulation Diaries are rewarding reading for anyone, but especially for those wishing to understand the unconscious and how it works, for those seeking a shamanic perspective for life's deepest issues, for those in search of healing and meaning, as well as for the professional at a loss for how to help those who suffer. Like many other ancient healing practices, handed down through generations of practitioners, recapitulation is imbued with the intent of the ancients. It is a powerful process, a pathway to a changed perception of the self and the world. As Ms. Ketchel's books underscore: everything we need to transform ourselves lies within! The Edge of the Abyss is Volume 2 in The Recapitulation Diaries series. A Note of Caution: Adult material dealing with sexual abuse, entities, and deep explorations of the human psyche. May be disturbing and fear inducing. Books in the series (4 out of 5 published so far): The Man in the Woods The Edge of the Abyss Into the Vast Nothingness Place of No P

J. E. Ketchel bares her soul as she takes us on a rare and intimate journey down the river of life, through the murky waters as well as the calm in Volume 3 of the Recapitulation Diaries. Along the way we are privy to fascinating experiences that shift our perceptions of reality and question our spiritual readiness. This is not your usual story of childhood sexual abuse, but a whirlwind journey into the experiential, the transcendental, and the transpersonal realms of which we are all a part. Into the Vast Nothingness invites us into the vastness of the river of self-discovery that Ms. Ketchel traveled down as she explored the possibility that we are all here for a reason, that every moment of our lives is deeply meaningful, and that all we need to achieve loving-wholeness lies within. Ms. Ketchel writes eloquently and with utter honesty about her search for wholeness. As she discovered, the river of life takes us where we need to go, challenging us every day of our lives, asking us to consciously and fully participate in our journey. Based on diaries she kept during her three-year-long recapitulation journey, Ms. Ketchel's work offers hope for those who feel overwhelmed by the vicissitudes of life yet are desperate to find meaning, healing, and wholeness too. As J. E. Ketchel writes in Into the Vast Nothingness: "...I've kept myself sequestered behind a coat of armor for a lifetime, a covering as thick as glacial ice, as cold as steel, as hard as stone. Its impenetrable surface warns to stay away, keeps the intruders out, but the reality is that now the glacier is beginning to melt. Now, each day, I feel the slow drip, drip, drip of change." In The Recapitulation Diaries, the ancient shamanic practice of recapitulation is presented for its value as a means of healing from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as a process offering profound spiritual exploration and transformation. It was introduced to Ms. Ketchel by a psychotherapist and practitioner of Carlos Castaneda's Tensegrity, who recognized the benefits that recapitulation could have in a clinical setting. During her three-year-long recapitulation, Ms. Ketchel proved his hunch to be more than true. Recapitulation provided Ms. Ketchel with unique tools to face the challenges of an ever-deepening psychological journey into the deeper unconscious, a journey that few have dared to take. As her story unfolds the reader is offered a rare and intimate glimpse into the evolution of a human being willing to go the distance to fully heal from the deepest of traumas. Exquisitely written and deeply stirring, The Recapitulation Diaries are rewarding reading for anyone, but especially for those wishing to understand the unconscious and how it works, for those seeking a shamanic perspective for life's deepest issues, for those in search of healing and meaning, as well as for the professional at a loss for how to help those who suffer. Like many other ancient healing practices, handed down through generations of practitioners, recapitulation is imbued with the intent of the ancients. It is a powerful process, a pathway to a changed perception of the self and the world. As J. E. Ketchel discovers, the greatest achievement of a lifetime is the work of the self, the journey within. Into the Vast Nothingness is Volume 3 in The Recapitulation Diaries series. Books in the series (4 out of 5 published so far): The Man in the Woods The Edge of the Abyss Into the Vast Nothingness Place of No Pity