B-323-D^ $1 50 JOY Expanding Human Awareness by William Schutz C. The book that made encounter groups famous — jm — ". the most exciting and most inade- . . quately reported—direction in psychology and education today. The methods he offers can help both professionals and laymen alike. They work." — George Leonard Esalen Institute — *'A superb statement unpretentious, crystal clear and vivid. It should help all psychotherapists to break out of the strait- jacket of purely verba—l approaches." Jerome Frank, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry Johns Hopkins University tt • • an original, lively, challenging formula for relaxing rigid personalities and others." — Gordon Atlport, Ph.D. late Professor of Psychology Harvard University "Every now and then something truly unique and outstanding is admitted to the literature of the therapeutic world . . . With Joy, we find a whole new vista of methods, . ways and means to tap the areas of conflict that engulf a human being and create mis- ery, unhappiness, and physical ailments; . . This is truly something new, and of great benefit to the problems that our nation and the world today—suffer." J. Dudley Chapman, D.O. Editor-in-Chief The Osteopathic Physician JOY is ". . . controversial, seductive, out- rageous in aspiration and exciting in attain- ment. It is disrepectful of the protective boundaries among professional disciplines and crafts. It breaks new ground, far out- strips whatever research is available, takes from many diverse fields, and enriches these fields in return. Crossfertilization oc- curs with little concern for paternity of ideas or method." — Jack R. Gibb Contemporary Psychology JOY '.vyiff'V^ >" JOY Expanding Human Awareness by William C. Schutz Grove Press, Inc^ New York © Copyright 1967 by William C. Schutz All Rights Reserved Acknowledgment: The lyrics quoted and reproduced in this book whether in whole or in part are from the song entided "The Impossible Dream" (The Quest) from the musical play Man of La Mancha, lyrics by Joe © Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. Copyright 1965 by Andrew Scott, Inc., Helena Music Corp., and Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.; by special permission. Nopart ofthis book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, including any method of photographic reproduction, without the permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-27879 First Evergreen Black Cat Edition, 1969 Eighth Printing Manufactured in the United States of America mSnUBXTTED BY RANDOM BOUSE, INC., NEW YORK — ToLaurie, Caleb, Ethan jnirejoy wen, mostofthetime ,•