Horses and the Mystical Path: The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul

Adele Von Rust McCormick · Thomas McCormick

Sep 2010 · New World Library

About this ebook

On a trip to Scotland, the psychotherapist family team of Adele, Deborah, and Thomas McCormick — pioneers in the psychotherapeutic use of horses — discovered that early Celtic mysticism held important insights into an equestrian-partnered spirituality. The McCormicks show how to integrate this spirituality with psychology, forming a new, powerful form of healing. Horses and the Mystical Path recounts their memorable journey and the lessons they learned from their amazing equine guides.

About the author

With her collaborators Marlena Deborah McCormick and Thomas E. McCormick, Adele von Rüst McCormick, PhD, has designed and run a series of unique and innovative programs using horses to help people with mental illness, criminals, and individuals with drug and alcohol addiction. She is a codirector of the Institute for Conscious Awareness and cofounder of the Three Eagles Equine Experience in San Antonio, Texas, which offers courses and retreats using ancient principles and practices of kinship with horses to develop human spirituality and intuition. She is coauthor of the book Horse Sense and the Human Heart: What Horses Can Teach Us about Trust, Bonding, Creativity, and Spirituality. A psychotherapist for over forty years, Adele von Rüst McCormick has also been founder of several treatment residences for psychotic adults and adolescents. She has been a consultant to Stanford Hospital, Belmont Hills Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, Agnews State Hospital, and the U.S. government, along with a variety of other organizations, over the last forty years. Visit the McCormicks on the Web at www.therapyhorsesandhealing.com.

With his collaborators Adele von Rüst McCormick and Marlena Deborah McCormick, Thomas E. McCormick designed and ran a series of unique and innovative programs using horses to help people with mental illness, criminals, and individuals with drug and alcohol addiction. He was a codirector of the Institute for Conscious Awareness and cofounder of the Three Eagles Equine Experience in San Antonio, Texas, which offers courses and retreats using ancient principles and practices of kinship with horses to develop human spirituality and intuition. Dr. McCormick began his medical career in general practice and through this experience became even more intrigued by the mind/body connection, which eventually led to a residency in psychiatry and four decades in private psychiatric practice. He did cutting-edge training in psychiatric emergency medicine at San Francisco General, a hospital serving the violent and indigent. He also taught at the University of California, San Francisco; the University of Madrid; and the University of Seville.