Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.
Contents
Close to the bone: illness and the soul -- Ground gives way under us -- Harbinger of truth -- Like green meat on a hook -- Procrustean dismemberment -- Illness as a turning point -- Sometimes we need a story -- Soul connections -- Summoning angels: prayer -- Prescribing imagination -- Rituals: enacting myth -- Helping each other -- Musings.