Jocelyn is an experienced psychotherapist(soul healer), politically progressive activist and teacher of natural spirituality. She lives in London, UK.

For many years, Jocelyn Chaplin has worked at the cutting edge of therapy, politics and conscious living. In this book, she pulls together all the marvellous ideas and intuitions we have been hearing and experiencing at conferences and workshops. About the serpent as a metaphor for living, the crucial importance of rhythm and dance which are reclaimed for politics by this book, the fundamental linkages of people and nature, the underlying drumbeat of rituals that come alive in the presence of a skilled interpreter such as Chaplin, the placing of these apparently otherworldly matters in a profoundly committed social perspective, and lashings of humour and graceful self-mockery. The book is appropriately presented as something that any reader can benefit from, with sensitive self-study exercises placed at the end of each chapter. In addition, the numerous stories of therapy and the lightly-worn scholarship mean this is a text that academics, therapists, activists and anyone involved with the future of humanity should read, allowing themselves to become inspired by what Chaplin means when she writes of deep equality.Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Sussex

Jocelyn is an experienced psychotherapist(soul healer), politically progressive activist and teacher of natural spirituality. She lives in London, UK.

For many years, Jocelyn Chaplin has worked at the cutting edge of therapy, politics and conscious living. In this book, she pulls together all the marvellous ideas and intuitions we have been hearing and experiencing at conferences and workshops. About the serpent as a metaphor for living, the crucial importance of rhythm and dance which are reclaimed for politics by this book, the fundamental linkages of people and nature, the underlying drumbeat of rituals that come alive in the presence of a skilled interpreter such as Chaplin, the placing of these apparently otherworldly matters in a profoundly committed social perspective, and lashings of humour and graceful self-mockery. The book is appropriately presented as something that any reader can benefit from, with sensitive self-study exercises placed at the end of each chapter. In addition, the numerous stories of therapy and the lightly-worn scholarship mean this is a text that academics, therapists, activists and anyone involved with the future of humanity should read, allowing themselves to become inspired by what Chaplin means when she writes of deep equality.Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Sussex

Jocelyn is an experienced psychotherapist(soul healer), politically progressive activist and teacher of natural spirituality. She lives in London, UK.

For many years, Jocelyn Chaplin has worked at the cutting edge of therapy, politics and conscious living. In this book, she pulls together all the marvellous ideas and intuitions we have been hearing and experiencing at conferences and workshops. About the serpent as a metaphor for living, the crucial importance of rhythm and dance which are reclaimed for politics by this book, the fundamental linkages of people and nature, the underlying drumbeat of rituals that come alive in the presence of a skilled interpreter such as Chaplin, the placing of these apparently otherworldly matters in a profoundly committed social perspective, and lashings of humour and graceful self-mockery. The book is appropriately presented as something that any reader can benefit from, with sensitive self-study exercises placed at the end of each chapter. In addition, the numerous stories of therapy and the lightly-worn scholarship mean this is a text that academics, therapists, activists and anyone involved with the future of humanity should read, allowing themselves to become inspired by what Chaplin means when she writes of deep equality.Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Sussex