Bøger af Paolo Veltro

The guiding idea of this book was to connect and combine some of the main threads of universal wisdom and truths. They come from different cultures, as well as various fields of creativity such as music, cinema, painting or literature. That is why, as authors, we feel more like 'collectors' than explorers. At the same time, we can assure that the rules described in 'Deep Paths of Mind and Soul', work in our lives as well. EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: 'It is precisely the roots that we have in common as humanity. Besides, within each culture, we can find similarities with our own; an underlying emotional code shared by all of us. Similar aspirations, similar connections, same intuitions, however, expressed uniquely, are characteristic of a given group.This book will deal primarily with a specific, instinctive grammar of life, the logic of good connections, manifested in our actions and psychological mechanisms.We will also look at nature, which shows both many 'permissible' irregularities, adding charm and individuality to phenomena, and evident anomalies, great turning points and simply warnings.However, our most important guide to the world will be the broadly understood sphere of human activity ‒ creativity, history, and language itself. We will ask what makes some phenomena optimal, almost classic, always working, and others inevitably misguiding.What is more, we will be able to see how much the language of music, film, or even the fairy tale, being very saturated itself, is translated into our everyday experience, and how it can help us in some challenging situations.

Places, stories, curiosities and... beyond. The vibrant Iberian Peninsula bestows many keys to the mind and soul. Everyone can get to know them and feel their powerful interplay. EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Spain and Portugal contain a whole range of unusual phenomena whose references and contexts reach far beyond the very territory of these countries. It is impossible to discuss them all since it would be an attempt to describe almost the entire world, or at least the world in miniature. Still, it is possible to take a perspective that allows one to explain universal motives associated with archetypes, myths, fairy tales, history, art, as well as the Jungian lens of the soul, or the collective (un)conscious. This is what we will mainly deal with in this book, looking for valuable hints hidden in the Iberian Peninsula and trying to rediscover them for the reader, as well as presenting their potential therapeutic and strengthening effects for processes that are always worth cultivating. Various cultures - ancient Rome, the Moors during the early Middle Ages, the Iberians, the Celts, the Visigoths, and many others left their mark on the local areas, leaving behind the highest class monuments. At many stages, these cultures interpenetrated, coexisted, or followed each other smoothly. Nowadays, everyone who visits the Iberian Peninsula has a chance to experience this incredible diversity and history almost everywhere. Visitors will find them in both small towns and large metropolises, e.g., Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Zaragoza, Malaga, Granada, or Cordoba. In essence, we could go on and on. Tourists also enjoy the relatively mild climate, sun, excellent cuisine, great coffee, wine, lots of greenery, picturesque coastlines and beaches. What more could you want?However, to understand how much Spain and Portugal have to offer, it is worth staying there longer and exploring the very personal connection that many locals have with their hometown. Each region (often a separate kingdom in the past) has a different story, and usually even a different climate. During a two-day car trip, if you drive a total of 500 miles, for example, especially in winter, you can experience six distinct types of weather and vegetation. The scenery shifts like a kaleidoscope from high mountains through dry, desert-like spaces to almost tropical humidity and natural exuberance. There is a multitude of colours and forms. You get the impression that if you change even one element in this puzzle, something will be missing - some subtle balance of the whole will be upset. In fact, it would be difficult to find something that is missing here. In a sense, there is simply everything.

Lugares, cuentos, curiosidades y... más allá. La península ibérica esconde muchas claves para entender la mente y el alma. Están al alcance de todos. Os invitamos a descubrir su fuerza. EXTRACTO DE LA INTRODUCCIÓN: España y Portugal atesoran todo un abanico de fenómenos inusuales cuyos contextos y referencias se extienden mucho más allá de sus fronteras. Es imposible comentarlos todos, pues sería casi como intentar describir el mundo en su totalidad o, al menos, a escala. Aun así, podemos tomar una perspectiva que permita explicar los motivos universales asociados a arquetipos, mitos, cuentos de hadas, historia o arte, así como la perspectiva jungiana del alma o del (in)consciente colectivo. Es lo que abordaremos principalmente en este libro: buscaremos pistas valiosas escondidas en la península ibérica e intentaremos redescubrirlas para disfrute del lector, también presentaremos sus potenciales efectos terapéuticos y fortalecedores en procesos que siempre vale la pena desarrollar. Diferentes culturas (la antigua Roma, los árabes al principio de la Edad Media, los íberos, los celtas y los visigodos, entre otros) dejaron sus huellas en estas tierras mediante construcciones extraordinarias. Estas culturas se entrelazaron, coexistieron o se sucedieron sin contratiempos. Quien visita hoy en día la península ibérica tiene la oportunidad de experimentar esta increíble diversidad e historia en casi cualquier rincón, desde pueblos a grandes ciudades como Lisboa, Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Málaga, Granada, Córdoba... La lista sigue y sigue. Los turistas también disfrutan de un clima relativamente templado, del sol, de una excelente gastronomía, buen café, vino, abundante vegetación, costas y playas pintorescas. ¿Qué más se puede pedir? Sin embargo, para entender todo lo que España y Portugal tienen que ofrecer, merece la pena quedarse un tiempo y explorar la íntima conexión que los habitantes guardan con su ciudad. Cada región o comunidad autónoma (que a menudo fue un reino independiente en el pasado) tiene una historia e incluso un clima diferentes. Por ejemplo, especialmente en invierno, si conduces unos 800 kilómetros en dos días, puedes llegar a experimentar hasta seis tipos distintos de clima y vegetación. El paisaje cambia como un caleidoscopio: de altas montañas, pasando por zonas secas y desérticas, a lugares de humedad casi tropical y exuberancia natural. Hay multitud de colores y formas. Da la sensación de que si cambias la más mínima pieza de este puzle, faltará algo esencial que alterará el sutil equilibrio sobre el que se sostiene el resto. A decir verdad, sería difícil decir que falte algo aquí. En cierto sentido, hay de todo.

With this book, we wish to invite you to take a journey through all life's shades and flavours. A journey towards harmony, towards wholeness. EXCERPT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: In "Nature, Art, and Experience" we focus on developing a concept according to which life can be described with the metaphor of an individual garden, mandala, or puzzle. The main theoretical and practical assumptions of this approach are presented in the introduction. In the following two chapters, we discuss the most critical perspectives, areas, and the resulting development proposals for working with awareness and individual potentials. We then briefly explore the issues related to the harmonisation of various trends and tendencies that have existed in the world's changing proportions since the beginning of civilisation and thus concern almost all of us.