THE EDGE
magazine, Holistic Living - Book Review
http://www.edgemagazine.net/2018/07/new-books-summer-2018/
Awaken the Power Within: In Defense of Self-Help, by Albert Amao
Soria, Ph.D. (Tarcher Perigee), 288 pages
— The $12 billion
self-help industry is under constant attack for pedaling false miracles to
duped believers. But sociologist Albert Amao Soria demonstrates that Americans
eagerly support self-help books, seminars, and programs because, under the
right conditions, these things work. Soria analyzes the accuracy of self-help
and positive-thinking claims in this groundbreaking–and wholly
unexpected–exploration of what works, what doesn’t, and why. “Regarding my
personal experience,” Amao writes, “I can testify that positive thinking and
positive action have worked wonderfully for me. Born in a poor Latin-American
country into a very impoverished family with both parents practically
illiterate, I was the oldest of five children. I started working when I was six
years old, shining shoes and selling newspapers to help my family. Nobody then
would have believed that I would be able to finish high school. Nevertheless, I
was able to do it going to night school, which allowed me to be admitted at the
San Marcos University in Lima to get my Ph.D. in sociology. All these things
were possible because, when I was teenager, I had access to New Thought, or
positive-thinking philosophy.”
Albert Amao Soria is a
sociologist, social theorist and cultural critic. An independent researcher – a
life-long student of metaphysics and philosophy; with over 30 years’ experience
in comparative religion, psychology, and mysticism with emphasis on Western
spiritual traditions. Mr. Amao is the author of several books including, Awaken the Power Within (Perigee/Tarcher,
2018); Healing without Medicine (Quest Books, 2014); and The Dawning of the Golden Age of Aquarius (AuthorHouse,
2012). He is available for lectures upon request. Mr. Amao can be contacted by
email at Stgermain777@gmail.com. For further information, visit the
websites: http://www.amazon.com/author/amao
and www.albertamao.com
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