WELCOME to the PASSIONS of YOUR SOUL Blog

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Welcome to the Passions of YOUR Soul Blog.

Here you are invited to respond and share concepts about Psychology and Poetry and how they present themselves in my book "PASSIONS OF THE SOUL".

Here are some issues from the book to get you started:

"As a psychologist I am fascinated by the broader role of poetry in human life.

The presence of poetry is to be found in most cultures around the world. I am also energized by the common and different functions of psychology and poetry and the extent to which there is a complementary relationship between them and the role of both, in personal growth and development.

A Difference: While scientific psychology, taught in schools and colleges, today, began its official existence in 1879 in Liepzig, Germany. poetry if we take early Greece as a reference point, goes back at least 2,500 years. ( Does this tell us anything?)

A Similarity: Both psychology and poetry have as their common focus the self and its expressions. While philosophers, notably Descartes, and later psychologists struggled with the problem of the existence and relationship of mind, body and soul, poetry provided the opportunity for this emerging conscious of the self to express itself.

Question: Is one more important than the other? Do we need both? How do they function today? How does each effect YOU?

My website passionsofthesoul.com has excerpts from the book including a summary of

0 calorie recipe and more! And you are invited buy the book of course, and bask in the riches of its contents.

This where you respond with YOUR passions or passionate responses. So please visit passionsofthesoul.com , if you have not just come from that site. And please purchase a copy of PASSIONS OF THE SOUL. At a mere $11.95, it will be one of your best bargains!

I would love to hear about YOUR passions!

Dr. Elaine H. Olaoye aka Dr. O