Why do we age and what for? Of what are we afraid when we think about aging? How did it happen that we humans came to treat today's elderly in such a disrespectful fashion? How would we like to be seen when we are old? This book is an invitation to look at aging and old age differently, to question our common cultural and personal assumptions about aging and old age. The writing, photos and poems presented will invite the reader to meet with the many images of aging and look anew for meaning in aging and old age, for the maturity and wisdom the Old Wise Guide, inside of us all, offers us.

The Therapies of Literature is a tour de force of the finest work of the world literature. This book condenses much of the author's fifty years of study and university teaching in the Humanities and Literature. As Professor Wiseman points out, literature is one of the most honest of human expressions; it does not hide behind theories or try to squeeze the world of human experience into a few of psychological and/or philosophical concepts. This book takes on a central question awareness-seeking humans ask: are we fulfilling our life contract? Are we living the life we meant to live?

What did Alice see on the other side of the mirror? What can we discover on the other side of our troubles? This book presents theory and practice of process oriented psychology, known also as "process work", and contains variety of articles, written by Polish and foreign authors who practice Process Work. There is a whole range of texts - from theoretical to case presentation, from academic style to informal conversation, presenting theory and various applications of process oriented psychology, showing various paths to the other side of troubles. Only in Polish language version.