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This book is a philosophical exploration of desire, drama and the divine Ground of being that pays particular attention to Eric Voegelin’s symbol of the ‘flow of presence’ in our lives. It shows how this Flow may be impeded by anxiety or depression, and how the solution involves attending to the meaning of the moment, living meditatively in the present, and discerning the divine desire. Dr Costello’s guides on this personal quest, aside from Voegelin, whose thought provides a philosophical framework for his exploration, are Goethe, Iris Murdoch, Etty Hillesum, and St Ignatius of Loyola.
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Author Biography
Stephen J. Costello, MA, PhD, is an acclaimed philosopher, analyst, and author. A former Lecturer in Philosophy, he is now Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Ireland: School of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Dr Costello is the author of The Irish Soul: In Dialogue, The Pale Criminal: Psychoanalytic Perspectives; Hermeneutics and the Psychoanalysis of Religion, 18 Reasons Why Mothers Hate Their Babies: A Philosophy of Childhood; The Ethics of Happiness: An Existential Analysis; What are Friends For?: Insights from the Great Philosophers; and The Truth about Lying. He holds a Master’s and a doctorate degree in Philosophy from University College Dublin and a Diploma in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis from Vienna. Dr Costello is a member of the Irish Philosophical Society, the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the International Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. He is a black belt in Aikido and is the equivalent in Wing Tsun Kung Fu.
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