Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Tim Read and Jules Evans

CHAPTER ONE
The ones who dream of tigers
Deborah Martin

CHAPTER TWO
The accidental guru
John Ablett

CHAPTER THREE
Chasing transcendence
Anna Beckmann

CHAPTER FOUR
Dissolving on the motorway
Louisa Tomlinson

CHAPTER FIVE
The in-between place
Jules Evans

CHAPTER SIX
The ball of light
Cornelia Cacu

CHAPTER SEVEN
Wrestling with angels
Stephen Fitzpatrick

CHAPTER EIGHT
The motherhood ear
Amy Pollard

CHAPTER NINE
The chaplain who thought he was Jesus
Satyin Taylor

CHAPTER TEN
The fire of becoming
Angela Cotter”

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The boy who stank to high heaven
Rob Charles

CHAPTER TWELVE
From fear towards love
Dan Sherwen

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The master
Mike Benthall

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The spiritual dimension of bipolar disorder
Sean Blackwell

CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Tim Read and Jules Evans

BIOGRAPHIES AND FURTHER RESOURCES
INDEX

About the Author

Jules Evans is an author, broadcaster and academic philosopher. He is a research fellow at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, where he researches the history and philosophy of flourishing. He was a BBC New Generation Thinker and a Times book of the year author. He is the author of 'Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations' (2012) and 'The Art of Losing Control' (2017). He blogs at www.philosophyforlife.org