Can Meditation Be Done?:Conscious Union with God (Discourse in Metapsychiatry Series) by Thomas Hora

by Thomas Hora

This is one of twelve booklets that shed light on the implications of spiritual values for psychotherapy and well-being. The ideas shared flowed from Dr. Thomas Hora, an inspired spiritual teacher and psychiatrist. Each booklet contains modern clarification of universal spiritual teachings as well as practical guiding principles for alleviating current human suffering.

Paperback

First published July 1, 1985

About the author

Thomas Hora (January 25, 1914 - October 30, 1995) is considered the founder of the discipline of metapsychiatry, an attempt to integrate principles from metaphysics, spirituality, and psychology.

After growing up in northern Hungary, Dr. Hora received medical degrees from Royal Hungarian University in Budapest in 1942, and from Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1945. He performed his residency in psychiatry at Budapest General Hospital and Carlsbad City Hospital in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia. In 1952, Dr. Hora established private practices in New York City and in Bedford Village, New York. For the next fifteen years, he was active in professional psychiatric circles in the U.S. and in Europe, and published several articles. In 1958, in recognition of his contributions to his field, he received the Karen Horney Award for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.