Every human being has the capacity of becoming a well-rounded person, but that capacity must be realized by earnest desire, insight, resourcefulness, and a determined wrestling with one's inner powers. John A. Sanford uses biblical figures to show how this struggle is worked out in practice. His classic book, now completely revised, will speak to all readers who are struggling to become whole individuals.
"Sanford investigates the scriptural biographies of Jacob, Joseph, and Moses to illustrate what it means psychologically. . . to live with the consciousness of God's presence and direction. In so doing, he removes the stories from their historical-scriptural contexts and treats them as accounts of individuals like ourselves. The book ends with a consideration of the biblical accounts of Adam and Eve in which Sanford argues that the psychological meaning of the Eden story is the human obligation of becoming conscious." --Journal of Psychology and Theology