“One of the blessings of easy communication between the great cultures of the world is that partisanship in religion and philosophy is ceasing to be intellectually respectable. Pure religions are as rare as pure cultures, and it is mentally crippling to suppose that there must be a number of fixed bodies of doctrine among which one must choose, where choice means accepting the system entirely or not at all. [...]. Those who rove freely through the various traditions, accepting what they can use and rejecting what they cannot, are condemned as undisciplined syncretists. But the use of one's reason is not a lack of discipline, not is there any important religion which is not itself a syncretism, a "growing up together" of ideas and practices of diverse origin.”
Quote by Alan W. Watts
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psychotherapy east and west
This book explores the differences and similarities in psychotherapy approaches and techniques between Eastern and Western societies. It examines the historical, cultural, and philosophical foundations of these practices, offering insights into how therapy is understood and applied in different cultural contexts. more
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