The Psalms of Children
Their Songs and Laments: Understanding and Healing the Scars on the Souls of Children
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2011
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Publisher's Description
What if we could find the switch to turn off the violence in our world? What if we discovered that the keys to ending the generation-upon-generation cyclic nature are forged within the smallest of children, the newborn and the yet to be born? What happens at birth and in the first years of life is built upon the foundations laid by the quality of energy conveyed at conception and experienced during intra-uterine development. It is from these many storied domains, built into our memories and consciousness that the belief systems and thus the feelings and behavior of our adult lives derive. Thus, if we are to moderate the trauma of worldwide violence, we must begin to do so with children and their beginnings.
Endorsements (7)
Foreword
“The accounts of children's sufferings that the author has collected here serve as a caution to us all . . . We are all interdependent and once love and human affection are denied to one person, he or she will deny them to others . . . These stories are examples of what can happen as a result . . .”
“The synthetic originality of Dr. Anderson's thought brings together some of the most seminal insights and hypotheses of late 20th century biology and medicine. It is, at the same time, so well grounded in ancient spiritual wisdom that the book defies simple characterization. "What one discovers, rather, is a broadly informed, profoundly compassionate, and deeply moving plea for the children of our world; this is holistic thinking at its best, and it offers as sensitive a characterization of the dilemmas facing those children as I have ever read. ''These psalms of children only chasten our narrow sighted cultural madness . . . [t]he lament of the children need not continue to fall on deaf ears. Herein lies the hope of one corner of civilization." John Allan Loftus, SJ, PhD, John J. Wintermeyer Chair of Psychology, The University of Waterloo, St. Jerome's College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Ursula Anderson, MD is a woman of wisdom and a woman of heart. Scholarly and deeply moving, this book teaches how desperate is our need to heal humankind by restoring children to their natural state of being the worlds most precious treasures. God help us if we ignore her message.”
“It is difficult to believe that anyone can suffer such trauma as this book relates and survive. Yet, the children (and adults) led to Dr. Anderson's guidance and counsel tell us there can be healing. Her grace, wisdom, and deep compassion are evident in the pages of this fine book. It is must reading for counselors, parents, teachers and all who work with children.”
“The Psalms of Children is a gift . . . engrossing reading . . . a moving appeal to the hearts of all who care about children and the adults they become.”
“[Dr. Anderson's] . . . intense humanitarianism, demonstration of an incredibly broad and deep knowledge of the physical, medical and behavioral sciences and ability to integrate this knowledge into a practical, workable and understandable framework is gratifying and inspiring. Every social, medical, human behavior and theological curriculum should have access to this pioneer work and avant-garde thinking.”
“Dr. Anderson is a natural healer of children, a teacher of sagacity and the love and lover of all people. Her work and teachings are a voice of reason in an illogical and irrational world.”
“Poignantly and beautifully written, The Psalms of Children: Their Songs and Laments is a call for all of us to recognize that no man or woman is an island. May the promise of this book assist in rebuilding a society of hope.”
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