The order-disorder paradox : understanding the hidden side of change in self and society / Nathan Schwartz-Salant.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index.

Introduction: discovering the order-disorder paradox -- The prior form of energy conservation -- The scientific form of energy conservation -- Attempts to apply energy conservation to psychotherapy -- Psychotherapy and the prior principle of energy conservation -- Mythological forms of the order-disorder paradox -- The interaction of order and disorder in alchemy and in the I ching -- The interaction of order and disorder in everyday life -- Pathways of created disorder -- Illustrating the order-disorder paradox with examples from clinical practice -- A theory of psychic energy.