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Divinely Inspired

Jerry J. Pollock
Shechinah Third Temple (2009)
ISBN 9780981721255
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (1/09)

Having previously read Jerry Pollock’s book, “Messiah Interviews,” I was very interested in going back and reading his first work, “Divinely Inspired:  Spiritual Awakening of a Soul” to gain more insight into the biographical events that I found so interesting in the second book.  Once I started reading “Divinely Inspired,” I literally could not put it down.

In the Prologue, Pollock states that the purpose of the book is not to be an autobiography but to be about spiritual change.  I, however, think that the book fits neatly into both categories.  The first part of the work focuses more on the memoir aspect whereas the second part is more focused on spiritual change.

I found Pollock’s childhood and adult life to be very intriguing and I applaud him for the courage and strength that it must have taken to put his life experiences down on paper for the world to read.  As a child, Pollock was not shown love by his parents.  One particular incident that sticks with me is him as a young child at his first wedding.  He saw other children dancing with their mothers and so he went over to his own mother who was already out on the floor, and indicated that he would like to dance with her.  She spun him once, let him go, and then ignored him for the man she was dancing with.  Left standing in the middle of the floor alone, he was overwhelmed with sadness and feelings of being unwanted.  These types of instances were a common occurrence in his childhood.

As an adult, Pollock suffered with severe depression, anxiety, paranoia, and mania.  He describes a pretty frightening chain of events that occurred in his life during this time.  To find relief, he tried many things including medication, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and Primal Therapy.  Of these, the most success came from Primal Therapy.  “The aim and principal of Primal Therapy is to feel the hurtful feelings and sensations of early childhood and birth.  The repression or nonfeeling of these feelings triggers stored suffering and pain, because essential needs of the fetus, infant, and child are not met.  Feeling and reliving the pain causes the pain to disappear, and frees us from a life of neurotic behavior that otherwise robs us of the essence of who we really are.” (p.150)

Watching Pollock’s personal spiritual journey and growth was very fascinating and inspirational. His spiritual insights presented in the Epilogue of the book are also very thought provoking.  Once again, as with “Messiah Interviews,” I enjoyed the stimulating discussion surrounding The Ten Commandments.  I think that anyone can benefit and take something away from “Divinely Inspired:  Spiritual Awakening of a Soul” and I highly recommend it!

  

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