Deep Calls to Deep: Reading Together

Darkness Visible: Part 1

Martin Essig Season 1 Episode 7

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Warning: We discuss severe depression, suicidal ideation, and addiction. In this video Tom and I discuss Darkness Visible by William Styron. We relate Tom's struggle with severe depression in recovery to Styron's telling of his extremely difficult circumstances. We especially focus on mystical treatments of the "Dark Night of the Soul" as either a helpful or a dangerous framing of severe depressive states.

https://youtu.be/Eax1Oho-jKY

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