Creative Visualization

by Nevill Drury

To attain your goals and improve your well-being.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Spirituality

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Nevill Drury PhD is an independent historical researcher whose specialist interests include modern Western magic, shamanism, transpersonal psychology and visionary art. His most recent publications include The Varieties of Magical Experience (co-authored with Lynne Hume; Praeger, January 2013), Dark Spirits: The Magical Art of Rosaleen Norton and Austin Osman Spare (Salamander, 2012); Stealing Fire from Heaven: the Rise of Modern Western Magic (Oxford University Press 2011); Homage to Pan (Creation Oneiros 2009), The Dictionary of Magic (Watkins 2005) and The New Age: the History of a Movement (Thames & Hudson 2004). He received his Ph.D from the University of Newcastle in 2008 for a dissertation on the visionary art and magical beliefs of Rosaleen Norton (awarded 'Best Humanities Ph.D'. in that year).

Born in England in 1947 but resident in Australia since 1963, Nevill has worked as an international art-book publisher, lecturer and magazine editor and is now a full-time writer. He is the author/co-author/editor of seventy books covering a range of subjects like contemporary art (Images in Contemporary Australian Painting, New Sculpture, Australian Painting Now, Fire and Shadow: Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Art), Aboriginal culture (Wisdom from the Earth), holistic health (The Healing Power, Inner Health) and the magical traditions (Dark Spirits; Stealing Fire from Heaven: Sacred Encounters; Homage to Pan, Inner Visions). He is also the author of a work of mythic fiction, The Shaman's Quest, which was described by Publisher's Weekly as a 'poetic' book that 'could become a classic'. His work has been published in 26 countries and 19 languages.

Reviews

[Diana Alksne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Please, don't pay for 270 pages when all of those can be summed up into "Thoughts come true". These books are so harmful to a person with little common sense that I feel obliged to beg you NOT to buy and encourage such wishful thinking, and very boringly written at that.
It goes like this:
"You can use creative visualization when playing basketball. Just visualize this, this and this... (and it goes on for a full page).
Next page:
"You can also use it for golf. Tiger Woods used to visualize... etc." For another page. And then all sorts of sports imaginable. Yes, we get it - you get paid for the number of words! You won't get paid as much for "Thoughts come true". I also had to be paid for words when translating it, but I did not get the full some, and I really think it's karma. I felt such pangs of conscience while translating this utter BS that I thought - surely it was an evil thing to stupidify people with such ungrounded ideas. And so the universe responded - you did an evil thing by translating it and you shall not be rewarded.
I'm not bitter for not getting paid, I'm really angry people get away with writing shit.

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this to be quite similar to Shakti Gawain's Creative Visualization. Webster included a lot more potential uses of the process.

[Mike Weis · Rating 5 out of 5]

step by step instructions

This book is so clear, with many down to earth examples of a process that can seem totally out of this world, but it has given me the confidence to try creative visualization in a way that I never have before.

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

More of an introduction. Definitely requires supplemental reading.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I was hoping for.
Don’t believe in many of these thoughts on visualization
Need Jesus everyday.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers a good overview of creative visualization but also gets into some esoteric elements that reflect the author’s interests and background. Richard Webster has written beginners’ books about numerology, palm reading, amulets, spirit guides, and other such topics. I enjoyed the practical aspects of the book, which were simple and straightforward, but was less interested in such topics as meeting my guardian angel and building a secret room for myself with my imagination. Still, the visualization method described is easier to understand and put to use than any other I’ve read, and I have read many.

After some preliminary chapters on beliefs, relaxation, and desire, Webster gives us the chapter “Creative Visualization 101.” He describes a simple and concise method for beginning creative visualization, then talks about potential difficulties. A chapter on affirmations as an enhancement for visualization follows. Most of the rest of the book gives examples and case histories of how others have used creative visualization, for example to improve health, self esteem, creativity, relationships, and career. My favorite chapter, “When It Doesn’t Work,” follows. Like a troubleshooting guide for his visualization method, it simply states common problems that get in the way of manifesting what is visualized.

This book is well worth a look if you’re interested in an understandable method to try creative visualization. It is very easy to read. Just skip over the more esoteric stuff if it doesn’t appeal to you.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

a colorful and nicely illustrated book on how to find your inner potential.

[K.D. Bissonette · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting....

[Jazz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of a good tree.

[D.S. Newman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this to anyone interested in thinking outside the box.

[Ayodele]

I'm definitely looking forward to using some of these amazing techniques :)

[Heather]

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