Welcome to the resources page for surviving the dark night of the soul and spiritual emergency. You’ll find links to advice, articles and inspiration to help you cope when spiritual crisis threatens to overwhelm you. Bookmark this page!
Spiritual Emergency Resources
Beyond Meds – alternatives to psychiatry, integral holistic well-being
Biology of Kundalini – Comprehensive material on the awakening process from Jana Dixon.
Break the Cycle – Guidance from Peter Gerlach on how to heal childhood wounds and trauma
Catherine G Lucas – blog on spiritual emergency from the founder of the Spiritual Crisis Network
Mystical Journey to Divine Union – spiritual wisdom from St John of the Cross by John Paul Thomas
Our Light Body – A Kundalini Awakening Testimonial by Mary Rabyor
Psychotic Buddha – Buddhist paths through Madness
Remember to Breathe – breathing exercises and related techniques for living a balanced life
Shades of Awakening – community, blog and Facebook group for people going through spiritual crisis
Spiritual Crisis Network – information and resources for people going through spiritual crisis in the UK
Spiritual Emergence Network – information and resources for people going through spiritual crisis in the US
Trauma’s Labyrinth – articles on healing and psychology by Laura K Kerr
Posts on this site
- Love’s Ordeal: The Dark Night of the Soul
- How to Survive a Dark Night of the Soul
- The Handless Maiden: Healing a Dark Night of the Soul – series
- The Hidden Dangers of Mindfulness
- How to Survive a Spiritual Emergency
- Dark Angel: Hecate and the Dark Night
- Red Book Dialogues: Dark Night and Soul Retrieval – video
- Explore posts on the Dark Night of the Soul
Articles elsewhere
- The Deeper Meaning of the Dark Night of the Soul by Peter Holleran
- Navigating a Dark Night of the Soul by Lisa Erickson
- The Dark Knight of the Soul – The Atlantic
- The Dark Night of the Soul by Paul Brunton
- Dark Night of the Soul – on Samma-Samadhi blog
- Ennui by Peter Holleran
- Make Heaven – loads of articles on the dark night of the soul
More Spiritual Resources
Adventures of a Reluctant Mystic – Addled: the blog of the book. Read free chapters and explore the extras
Adyashanti – teachings free from any tradition or ideology
Anaiya Sophia – mystic attuned to the feminine expression of Christ Consciousness
Awaken in the Dream – Fascinating website with brilliant articles on various aspects of awakening by Paul Levy
Paul Brunton Philosophic Foundation – Online resource for extraordinary wisdom teachings. Entire notebooks available onsite
BuddhaNet – Teachings, articles, dharma talks, and more
Centre for Sacred Sciences – mysticism book list arranged by tradition and level of accessibility
Conscious TV – interviews on non-duality, consciousness and spirituality
Divine Life Society – Ebooks, articles and teachings from Swami Krishnananda
Gangaji – blog, webcasts and resources from this great teacher
Happiness Beyond Thought – great posts on awakening from Gary Weber
Andrew Harvey – mystic, author, Rumi scholar and founder of Sacred Activism
Integral Life – articles, videos, and community for Integral spirituality
Integral World – Essays and discussion on Integral philosophy and Ken Wilber’s theory of everything
Internet Sacred Texts Archive – Largest free archive of online books on spirituality and the esoteric
Lion’s Roar – excellent articles from Buddhist magazines Lion’s Roar and Buddhadharma
New Age Frauds & Plastic Shamans – exposing exploitation and fraud, useful articles and helpful forum
Observations on the Road Home – Great site exploring higher states of consciousness from Davidya
Osho – resources, articles, videos and more from this controversial teacher
Search Within – resources, essays, reviews and links for the sincere seeker
Self-Discovery Portal – resources, articles and groups for the spiritual seeker
Stillness Speaks – Articles and videos on all aspects of spirituality taking an integral approach
Ken Wilber – Tons of resources, articles and cool stuff from a challenging and mind-expanding writer and philosopher
Wei Wu Wei – Extracts and essays from Buddhist/Taoist philosopher Wei Wu Wei
The Zen Site – Teachings, essays, koans and critiques of Zen philosophy
- Browse the Archives
- Buddhism Bookshelf
- Mysticism Bookshelf
- explore the Mystic Warrior Practice
- Religion Bookshelf
Have I missed any good ones? Add your recommendations in the comments below…
Jessica Davidson 
My own method, which follows, worked for me and precipitated partial enlightenment, but i’m still awaiting full arahatship. It’s completely true – I wouldn’t waste time making up lies about such a serious, even dangerous, topic. I want to help people in this waking existential nightmare of true Samsara perception. SO- you gradually find your perception has changed and all you used to enjoy seems now debased. This perception change will never leave you and many ego worldly desires you had will now remain forever diminished as a result. You have drunk of the poison of life as Crowley wrote; intolerable thine ache and incurable thy wound. This change is supposed to be for the better, and MAYBE it does burn Karma – as it’s the path of suffering, but also wisdom. Start chanting a mantra as fast as is needed for you to block out ALL thought as best you can-for the entire duration of chanting- e.g 1/2 hr. Any mantra, preferably one with no meaning, or else just a positive meaning. My two are Shri ienga Nama, and also Om Ganapataya Namaha. You won’t be able to block it all out, just do your best. With luck you will get quick flashes of a sort of Satori ‘no thought bliss’. These continue as you practice and then continue on happening throughout daily life. If you get the bliss flash I say you’re on the right path. These then occur innumerable times. They are quick but lovely. Their addictiveness spurs on the practice. Later they become the background of your mind- as if the higher state flashes have raised your mind to a higher level which you get used to so much so that you forget it is even there at times. But upon concentration you see it is still there. This higher state of mind feels great, and acts as a countering compensation to the sad knowledge of now seeing things as they REALLY are, and having your perception of the desires of life turned upside down. Try it- what have you to lose? I only write this to try and help people- I have been in this unpleasant dark night/Dukkha Nanas state and it can suck the life out of you. Written with love.
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Thanks for sharing, Chris. Focusing your attention on ‘God’ or the Ultimate (or however you want to see it) certainly helps. The only thing to be aware of is the possibility of spiritual bypass, especially if you’re deliberately trying to block out thoughts. Thoughts aren’t really the problem – but your attachment to them is. So you don’t have to block thoughts, just let them go and maintain focus on emptiness, Buddha nature, Christ consciousness, etc.
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I’m glad to have come across your list and look forward to checking out the links.
FWIW, a couple sites I’ve been exploring lately related to ascension may also be good resources for your readers:
http://www.energeticsynthesis.com
(Lisa Renee)
http://www.awakeningtoremembering.com
(Lisa Transcendence Brown)
http://www.highheartlife.wordpress.com
(Denise Le Fay)
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Thanks for the links Kara.
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What a wonderful post and resource! The links I viewed were absolutely wonderful and I look forward to checking out more of them.
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Glad you found the links useful 🙂
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Reblogged this on Lost Dudeist Astrology and commented:
Not completely on topic, but maybe a bit similarly helpful to some: https://addandsomuchmore.com (I like her work on N24, Circadian Rhythm Disorders such as DSPS.)
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Thanks for the link, Grandtrines. And the reblog!
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Reblogged this on Still Another Writer's Blog.
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Thank you. Bloody brilliantly useful.
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