Most Popular Books by M. Scott PECK

A psychiatrist suggests ways in which confronting and resolving problems, a painful process most people try to avoid, can lead to greater self-understanding and spiritual growth.

Confronting and solving problems is a painful process which most of us attempt to avoid, yet avoidance can result in greater pain. Peck suggests ways of facing difficulties which can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding.

The legendary bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, whose books have sold over 14 million copies, reveals the amazing true story of his work as an exorcist -- kept secret for more than twenty-five years -- in two profoundly human stories of satanic possession. In the tradition of his million-copy bestseller People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, Scott Peck''s new book offers the first complete account of exorcism and possession by a modern psychiatrist in this extraordinary personal narrative of his efforts to heal patients suffering from demonic and satanic possession. For the first time, Dr. Peck discusses his experience in conducting exorcisms, sharing the spellbinding details of his two major cases: one a moving testament to his healing abilities, and the other a perilous and ultimately unsuccessful struggle against darkness and evil. Twenty-seven-year-old Jersey was of average intelligence; a caring and devoted wife and mother to her husband and two young daughters, she had no history of mental illness. Beccah, in her mid-forties and with a superior intellect, had suffered from profound depression throughout her life, choosing to remain in an abusive relationship with her husband, one dominated by distrust and greed. Until the day Dr. Peck first met the young woman called Jersey, he did not believe in the devil. In fact, as a mature, highly experienced psychiatrist, he expected that this case would resolve his ongoing effort to prove to himself, as scientifically as possible, that there were absolutely no grounds for such beliefs. Yet what he discovered could not be explained away simply as madness or by any standard clinical diagnosis. Through a series of unanticipated events, Dr. Peck found himself thrust into the role of exorcist, and his desire to treat and help Jersey led him down a path of blurred boundaries between science and religion. Once there, he came face-to-face with deeply entrenched evil and ultimately witnessed the overwhelming healing power of love. In Glimpses of the Devil, Dr. Peck''s celebrated gift for integrating psychiatry and religion is demonstrated yet again as he recounts his journey from skepticism to eventual acknowledgment of the reality of an evil spirit, even at the risk of being shunned by the medical establishment. In the process, he also finds himself compelled to confront the larger paradox of free will, of a commitment to goodness versus enslavement to the forms of evil, and the monumental clash of forces that endangers both sanity and the soul. Glimpses of the Devil is unquestionably among Scott Peck''s most powerful, scrupulously written, and important books in many years. At once deeply sensitive and intensely chilling, it takes a clear-eyed look at one of the most mysterious and misunderstood areas of human experience.

The original The Road Less Travelledspent more than ten years on the bestseller lists and is one of the biggest-selling self-help books of all time. In this wonderfully wise and accessible sequel M. Scott Peck delves more deeply into the issues that confront and challenge all of us in the modern world: blame and forgiveness; sexuality and spirituality; death and the meaning of life; families and relationships; accepting responsibility and growing up. Writing throughout with insight and sensitivity, he draws on his own extensive experience -- both professional and personal -- to challenge false assumptions, suggest a way forward and demonstrate that personal change is always possible, no matter how difficult and complex the journey.

Peck''s views on being a separate courageous individual.

Looks at the importance of community in contemporary society, examining such topics as individualism, group dynamics, and nationalism.

A gentle tale, in which Jenny and her family examine the miracle of a single snowflake and it''s message of faith and rebirth.

M. Scott Peck''s inspirational book has sold more than six million copies. This Monterey Edition showcases the author''s enriching and life-affirming message.

Just as The Road Less Traveled provided hope and guidance for individuals seeking growth, this major new work by M. Scott Peck, M.D., offers a needed prescription for our deeply ailing society. Our illness is Incivility--morally destructive patterns of self-absorption, callousness, manipulativeness, and materialism so ingrained in our routine behavior that we do not even recognize them. There is a deepening awareness that something is seriously wrong with our personal and organizational lives. Using examples from his own life, case histories, and dramatic scenarios of businesses that made a conscious decision to bring civility to their organizations , Dr. Peck demonstrates how change can be effected and how we and our organizations can be restored to health. This wise, practical, and radical book is a blueprint for achieving personal and societal well-being.

Golf. It''s the ultimate head game. And when nothing but the best advice will do, along comes M. Scott Peck, M.D., the celebrated psychiatrist and author of the best-selling self-help book of all time, The Road Less Traveled. In Golf and the Spirit, M. Scott Peck writes a book for beginners and masters alike--and even for nongolfers. It goes beyond mechanics to explore the deeper issues, ways of successfully managing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of this most wonderful, maddening, deflating, and inspiring game. Playing side by side with M. Scott Peck on an imaginary course of his own design--complete with illustrations of each hole--you will come to see the profound truths in this seemingly simple game. Appreciate that life is not linear. Come to understand your own anger and how to heal that which gets in your way. Accept the gifts of humility. Appreciate kenosis, the process by which the self empties itself of self. Benefit from teachers. Know that in weakness often there is strength. Realize that to experience the blessings of golf and life fully, you must accept the divinity that underlies all things. Like the best-selling volumes of Harvey Penick and Michael Murphy, Golf and the Spirit makes a unique contribution to the literature of golf and life. It goes beyond the body to address the heart and soul of the game, creating a rare opportunity for transformation in the lives of its readers, both on and off the fairway. It seems to me the human condition is most basically that we are willful creatures living in a world that, much of the time, doesn''t behave the way we want it to. We live in the tension between our will and reality. Sometimes with great effort and expertise, we can change reality or bend it to our will. At other times--also with great effort and expertise--it is we who must change by coming to accept the limitations of the world and of ourselves. How we do this--how we deal with the hazards of life--is quite akin to how we deal with the hazards of a golf course. Sooner or later golfers who stick with the game long enough will almost always come to see it as a metaphor for life. But the word metaphor fails to do justice to all that golf has to teach us. I would go even further and say that, in its own way, golf is life and, not only that, life condensed. If we choose to use it as such, I believe that golf, next to marriage and parenthood, can routinely be the greatest of life''s learning opportunities.

''The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another...'' Although we have developed the technology to make communication more efficent and to bring people closer together, we have failed to use it to build a true global community. Dr M. Scott Peck believes that if we are to prevent civilization destroying itself, we must urgently rebuild on all levels, local, national and international and that is the first step to spiritual survival. In this radical and challenging book, he describes how the communities work, how group action can be developed on the principles of tolerance and love, and how we can start to transform world society into a true community.

The author of The Road Less Traveled, the bestselling and most influential book of psychiatric and spiritual instruction in modern times, now offers a deeply moving meditation on what euthanasia reveals about the status of the soul in our age. Its trenchant and sensitive treatment of the subject will define our humanity for generations to come.

The phenomenally bestselling author of The Road Less Traveled and Further Along the Road Less Traveled now provides readers with a chronicle of his 21-day excursion through the British countryside on a quest for spirituality, mysticism, and ultimate self-discovery. 30 illustrations.

During the last decade, Scott Peck''s writing had transformed the lives of millions of people. In this new, pocket-sized volume, Dr Peck has selected 365 inspirational thoughts, focusing on the important challenges of daily life- from overcoming pain to caring for others to making decisions. Each thought is referenced to the source book.

El clásico que permaneció diez años seguidos en la lista de más vendidos de The New York Times. El camino menos transitado es uno de los títulos que mayor impacto han producido en varias generaciones de lectores desde su aparición en 1978. Con más de siete millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, y publicado en veintitrés lenguas, está considerado el primer libro que, con su mensaje atemporal, aunó la autoayuda y la espiritualidad. Hoy sigue ayudándonos a explorar la naturaleza de las relaciones amorosas y guiándonos hacia una nueva serenidad y plenitud existencial. Su autor, el mítico doctor Peck, nos lo advierte desde el principio: «la vida es difícil», pero no duda en acompañarnos a través del arduo y doloroso viaje hacia el verdadero yo. Con él aprendemos a distinguir amor de dependencia y a alcanzar un nivel más alto de autocomprensión, al tiempo que nos ayuda, con gran sensibilidad y empatía, a transitar el largo y a menudo penoso camino hacia el crecimiento espiritual. La crítica ha dicho: «Este no es solo un libro, sino un acto espontáneo de generosidad.» The Washington Post

Confronting and solving problems is a painful process, which most of us attempt to avoid. Drawing heavily upon his own professional experience, Dr. M. Scott Peck, a practicing psychiatrist, suggests ways in which confronting and resolving our problems can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding.

O carte tulburătoare, fascinantă, ce redeschide vechea discuţie despre esenţa răului uman. Deşi de-a lungul timpului această problematică a fost dezbătută mai degrabă de filozofie şi religie, avem acum o altă abordare – din perspectiva unui psihiatru cu o remarcabilă deschidere interdisciplinară. Un tur de orizont asupra naturii umane, un dialog deschis între psihologie şi religie. Cazurile clinice prezentate aici, manifestări ale răului în viaţa cotidiană, deşi la prima vedere pot fi catalogate drept maladii psihice, la o analiză psihiatrică atentă refuză să se înscrie în categoriile standard ale psihologiei sau psihiatriei. Minciuna este trăsătura cea mai relevantă a răului ce sălăşluieşte în oameni, ea fiind atât un simptom, cât şi o cauză a răului. Deşi oamenii consideră în general că psihoterapia şi exorcismul sunt lucruri complet diferite, Scott Peck ne demonstrează că amândouă sunt nişte procese psihoterapeutice, atât ca metodă, cât şi ca rezultat. Diferenţa majoră dintre cele două constă în faptul că în cazul psihoterapiei există o libertate totală, pacientul putând să încheie şedinţa oricând doreşte. Nu acelaşi lucru se întâmplă în cazul exorcizării. În acest caz, pacientul se află la discreţia celui care conduce şedinţa şi nu poate să întrerupă singur procesul de exorcizare, ceea ce îl poate transforma într-o victimă, pentru că exorcismul este până la urmă un război spiritual. La limita dintre ştiinţă şi religie, Psihologia minciunii îi oferă cititorului o nouă perspectivă asupra unor subiecte controversate, iar în final îi poate schimba chiar viziunea asupra vieţii. Morgan Scott Peck (1936–2005) a fost un cunoscut şi apreciat psihiatru şi autor american. A absolvit Friends Seminary în 1954, Harvard în 1958 şi a obţiu00adnut titlul de doctor în medicină în 1963, la Case Western Reserve University. De-a lungul carierei sale de psihiatru, a ocupat diverse funcţii administrative guvernamentale. A fost director la New Milford Hospital Mental Clinic şi a practicat psihiatria în cadrul unui cabinet particular în New Milford, Connecticut. Lucrările lui Peck reprezintă o sinteză a experienţei obţinute din practica psihiatrică şi a unei puternice şi distincte perspective religioase. Una dintre convingerile sale este că oamenii în care sălăşu00adluieşte răul îşi atacă semenii în loc să se confrunte cu propriile eşecuri. Opiniile sale religioase au fost criticate de anumiţi fundamentalişti creştini (de exemplu, Debbie Dewart). În 1984, Peck a colaborat la înfiinţarea Foundation for Comu00admunity Encouragement, o fundaţie nonprofit de educaţie publică, a cărei misiune declarată a fost de „a învăţa indivizii şi organizaţiile principiile comunităţii“. Fundaţia şi-a încetat activitatea în 2002. În 1994, Peck şi soţia sa, Lily Ho (de care s-a despărţit în 2004), au primit Premiul Internaţional pentru Pace al Comunităţii lui Hristos. De acelaşi autor, la Curtea Veche Publishing au mai apărut Drumul către tine însuţi (2001) şi Drumul către tine însuţi şi mai departe (2007, 2008).

Perspicace și sensibil, bazându-se pe vasta sa experiență atât profesională, cât și personală, autorul pune la îndoială presupunerile false, sugerează o cale de urmat și demonstrează că schimbarea este întotdeauna posibilă, indiferent cât de dificilă și complexă este călătoria.

我在曠野中摸索前進，學到減輕生命旅程艱辛的訣竅， 希望能幫助你從多元化的角度思考，崇揚生命的神祕與矛盾， 安心欣賞生命的複雜多變吧。 ──史考特．派克 繼《心靈地圖I》自我成長的真摯書寫， 派克醫師續寫《心靈地圖II》，更深入探索自我靈性的啟發。 ★如果要在人生旅程中選擇一個時刻，當作將來的永恆， 在千百萬種選擇裡，你挑的是感到游刃有餘、滿足自在的一刻嗎？ 隨著心靈的成長，人格日趨成熟，愈來愈能面對危機， 感受愈多快樂，那一刻將近在咫尺。 人生困難重重，人生卻也變化無窮。 每個人都必須自己摸索人生的路， 沒有自助手冊、公式或簡單明瞭的答案可以憑藉。 唯一的路，是越過人生的沙漠，度過乾涸荒蕪的大地， 一步步踏入更深的意識層次。 派克醫師選出心靈成長各階段中值得記錄與分享的議題， 如「寬恕」、「死亡」、「靈性修練」、「信仰」等觀念深入分析與探討， 在他引領之下，讓人興起重新探索存在終極意義、了解生命奧祕的想望， 同時克服惶惑不安，靜心面對人生的複雜多變，開闊成熟的視野與人生。 探索成熟與自由之旅 成長 當我們愈來愈能承擔痛苦，了解寬赦的真意，以珍惜生命的方式來接納死亡， 在神祕之中摸索出自己的方向，心靈也就隨之成長。 探索 對生命的探索就是從自愛開始。深刻了解人性、修練性靈， 努力達致天人合一的境界，就能覺悟人生的本質。 信仰 每個人都能從宗教中汲取智慧，由內而外整合自我， 並培養對新觀念開放的態度，如此，我們將擁有最滿足、成熟的人生。 專文推薦 阮大年 教育家、作家 王浩威 精神科醫師、作家 溫暖推薦（依姓氏筆畫排序） 洪仲清 臨床心理師 曹中瑋 資深諮商心理師 陳志恆 諮商心理師、暢銷作家 各界推薦 如果《心靈地圖I》是一本有關自我心理調適和成長的書籍， 那麼《心靈地圖II》則是自我靈性的修行和解放。 這其實是很不容易的一步，然而作者平易而輕鬆地做到了。 ──王浩威，精神科醫師、作家 我們一直是為了生活而努力、奮鬥，令人擔心的是， 經濟的成就並沒有帶來真正生命的豐盛和愉悅， 反而是沉迷與失落。派克醫師提醒我們，生命是有限卻又可能是永恆的， 外在、可見的身體是會變老及消逝， 但我們內心已經看見心靈是永存及可以日新又新的。 ──阮大年，教育家、作家 人生，就是在計畫之外所發生的事。 儘管不在計畫中，會帶來沮喪與失措，但對於無常能敞開心懷， 就能不斷修正我執，接納那些突如其來的安排。 在這個過程中，承認自己不完美，是學習愛自己的開端。 邀請您一起來，藉著這本書學習自愛！ ──洪仲清，臨床心理師 （依姓氏筆畫排序） 作者簡介 史考特．派克M. Scott Peck, M.D.（1936～2005） 哈佛大學及凱斯西儲大學醫學博士， 曾服務於陸軍醫療部隊、擔任精神科開業醫師。 在1984年創辦了「團體激勵文教基金會」（Foundation for Community Encouragement）， 提供心理專業指導，協助無數的組織建立真誠共識。 派克醫師著書、演講不輟，是備受推崇的作家、思想家、精神科醫師以及深具影響力的精神導師。 譯者簡介 張定綺 台大外文系研究所碩士， 美國哥倫比亞大學東亞研究所、西雅圖華盛頓大學比較文學研究所研究。 曾任《美國新聞與世界報導》中文版資深編輯、輔仁大學翻譯研究所筆譯組召集人、 中國時報人間副刊撰述委員，譯著甚豐。

Die Quintessenz dieses Klassikers kann man beschreiben mit der Volksweisheit „Jeder ist seines Glückes Schmied“. Habe Mut, Eigenverantwortung für dein Leben zu übernehmen, ist die Devise des Psychotherapeuten M. Scott Peck. Erst wenn wir daran gehen, die Probleme, mit denen wir konfrontiert sind, anzunehmen, findet eine bewusste positive Entwicklung in unserem Leben statt.