John F. Schumaker

Author of several books including:
In Search of Happiness: Understanding an Endagered State of Mind" (Penguin, 2006; Praeger USA, 2007).
The Age of Insanity. (Praeger, 2001)
The Corruption of Reality: A Unified Theory of Religion, Hypnosis, and Psychopathology (Prometheus, 1996).
Religion and Mental Health. (Oxford University Press, 1992).
Human Suggestibility. (Routledge, 1991).
Wings of Illusion. (Prometheus, 1990)
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Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

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Cross-cultural mental health, culture change, depression, anorexia nervosa, culture-bound disorders, hypnosis, human suggestibility, dissociation

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  • Samoa: The Happiest Place on Earth
    7/22/2011
    Samoa has unique features to its culture that encourage its people to be happier than any other country in the world.
  • Do We Need Religion?
    7/21/2011
    Religion is a cultural universal but the consumer age has thrown up barries to this ancient need. Increasingly, consumerism is becoming the dominant religion, with dire mental health consequences.
  • Ritual is Vital for Mental Health
    7/21/2011
    Ritual often gets ignored as one of the key ingredients for mental health, but it is essential to our well-being. Religion, the former home of ritual, has now given way to weak consumer forms of ritual.
  • The Virtue of Laziness
    7/21/2011
    The Age of Technology has offered us a unique chance to achieve the utopian dream of a life of ease, comfort, and relaxation. But the consumer age is commercialized technology and dashing the dream.
  • Did Cancer Exist in Prehistoric Times?
    7/14/2011
    Evidence suggests that our prehistoric ancestors were healthier and far less cancer prone than people living in modern consumer culture. The reasons for this are physical, social, and spiritual.
  • The Royal Wedding
    7/14/2011
    The music of the Royal Wedding, and in particular the piece, "Ubi Caritas," had a powerful transforming effect on millions of spiritually starving people around the world.
  • Boredom: The New Epidemic Facing America
    7/14/2011
    From its beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, chronic boredom has reached epidemic proportions in modern consumer culture, affecting people of all ages, but especially chldren.
  • Religion and Happiness
    7/7/2011
    Research shows that religion has the ability to increase happiness, but that the consumer age is weakening religion and diminishing its capacity to deliver psychological advantages.
  • Killing the Things We Love
    7/7/2011
    The consumer age, with its emphasis on narcissism and object devotion, is numbing people to the sounds of their own hearts, reawakening the need for cultural disobedience.
  • Piano Sonatina
    7/1/2011
    "Piano Sonatina" is an original composition by pianist and composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Lost
    7/1/2011
    "Lost" is the 2nd Movement of Symphony No. 1: Pilgrimage, an original work for full Orchestra, by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Variations on a Theme by Bartok
    7/1/2011
    "Variations on a Theme by Bartok" by composer Cheryl Shantz
  • Valley of Lost Souls
    7/1/2011
    "Valley of Lost Souls" is a piano and Instrumental original composition by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Wings of Illusion
    7/1/2011
    An original Piano and Instrumental composition by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • The Blacksmith
    7/1/2011
    A Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the traditional English folksong "The Blacksmith" by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Save the Koala -- The Answer is You
    7/1/2011
    "The Answer is You" was written by Cheryl Shantz and Jack Schumaker to coincide with Save The Koala Month. It is hoped that it will help draw attention to the plight of the endangered Koala.
  • Ode to Pascal
    7/1/2011
    "Ode to Pascal" an original composition by Cheryl Shantz with beautiful photography by Jim Schumaker.
  • The Awakening
    7/1/2011
    The Awakening" is the 3rd Movement of Symphony No. 1: Pilgrimage, an original work for full Orchestra, by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • "Dreams" Piano Music for Children
    6/30/2011
    "Dreams" is a piano collection of seven original piano pieces for children by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Post-Natal Depression
    6/25/2011
    Often blamed on 'hormonal imbalances' following childbirth, it is becoming clear that post-natal depression is better understood as a 'cultural disorder' rather than one originating in the individual.
  • Is Materialism Driving Us Crazy?
    6/24/2011
    Materialism is encouraged in modern consumer society, and instilled in our children from an early age. But is it worth it in terms of mental health and social well-being? Research says no.
  • Depression
    6/24/2011
    Rather than being universal, so-called clinical depression is non-existent in many non-Western societies. The reasons for this are offering new insights and treatment possibilities.
  • War, Religion, and Hypnosis
    6/24/2011
    The human brain seems to make sense of war, gods, and hypnotic phenomena in similar ways. We cannot understand one without appreciating the dynamics of the others.
  • Celebrity Worship
    6/24/2011
    Mental health professionals are faced with a worsening epidemic of 'celebrity worship syndrome.' What is behind this? Is celebrity replacing religion?
  • The Ideal Citizen
    6/24/2011
    A poem by John F. Schumaker expressing the allure of conformity and unfreedom.
  • Is America Consuming Itself to Death?
    6/22/2011
    For decades, America has assigned it's economic and social fate to institutionalized overconsumption. But is this formula obsolete, and can America remain strong in the face of worsening global realities?
  • The Triumph of Triviality
    6/21/2011
    As the modern consumer age continues its descent into frivolity, triviality, and distraction, will it have the necessary maturity and depth of character to confront the worsening crises facing the planet?
  • Divorce for Fun
    6/21/2011
    A new type of marital breakdown has surfaced, leading many couples to separate for seemingly no reason at all. This new 'conflict-free' divorce is affecting children in worse ways than high-conflict divorces.
  • Are Kiwis Brighter Than Americans?
    6/21/2011
    In dumbed down America, people are proving a danger to themselves. Has consumer culture gone too far in neutralizing critical thought and common sense?
  • Happy 4th of July?
    6/20/2011
    Our Founding Fathers equated happiness with virtue and Christian living, but consumer culture has redefined happiness in an entirely different way that is better suited to a happy economy.
  • Selling the Soul
    6/20/2011
    Consumerism is invading religion's tradition place in society and redefining the soul as a commodity that can be bought and sold.
  • In Greed We Trust
    6/20/2011
    Greed may have positive short-term benefits for our consumer economy, but it is beginning to backfire in the form of many psychological, social, and physical ills.
  • Animal Rights
    6/20/2011
    The animal rights movement, however noble, is struggling to compete with the greed, arrogance, and narcissism of modern consumer culture. Token gestures aside, real action is nowhere to be seen.
  • The Happiness Conspiracy
    6/15/2011
    Modern consumer culture blocks most of the social and spiritual pathways that have traditionally guided people to happiness. Never before has cultural disobedience been more essential to emotional health.
  • Maa Bonny Lad
    6/15/2011
    A piano and instrumental arrangement of the traditional folksong "Maa Bonny Lad" by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Travellers in Time
    6/15/2011
    "Travellers in Time" is an original song by Cheryl Shantz and Jack Schumaker
  • Gigue by Johann Sebastian Bach
    6/15/2011
    Cheryl Shantz performs the "Gigue" from French Suite No. 5 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • The Calling
    6/15/2011
    "The Calling" is the 1st movement of Symphony No. 1: Pilgrimage, an original work for full Orchestra, by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Sounds of Your Love
    6/15/2011
    "Sounds of Your Love" an original love song by Cheryl Shantz and Jack Schumaker
  • Man in the Cage
    6/15/2011
    An original song with Music and Vocals by Cheryl Shantz and Lyrics by Jack Schumaker
  • Star in the Sky
    6/15/2011
    "Star in the Sky" an original song by Cheryl Shantz and Jack Schumaker
  • Fair Sally
    6/15/2011
    Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the Appalachian folksong "Fair Sally" by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Piano Trio: 3rd & 4th Movements
    6/15/2011
    Piano Trio" (Movements 3 & 4) is an original composition for Piano, Violin, and French Horn written by composer Cheryl Shantz
  • Heart and Hands
    6/15/2011
    That day, at the Midway cafe, sitting behind the morning news, a modern hero observed with detached curiosity two uncaring claws turning pages of misfortune.
  • Serge Rachmaninoff's Prelude No. 12, Op. 32, in G # Minor
    6/13/2011
    Cheryl Shantz performs Serge Rachmaninoffs Prelude No. 12, Op. 32, in G # Minor.
  • "Valley of Lost Souls"
    6/13/2011
    "Valley of Lost Souls" an original composition for full orchestra by Cheryl Shantz.
  • "Piano Trio", an Original Composition for Piano, Violin, and French Horn, 1st and 2nd Movements
    6/13/2011
    Piano Trio" is an original composition for Piano, Violin, and French Horn written by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • "Jimmy Sky Rhapsody," an Original Work for Full Orchestra
    6/13/2011
    "Jimmy Sky Rhapsody," an original work for full Orchestra, by Cheryl Shantz, inspired by an Iroquois dance.
  • Star in the Sky
    6/13/2011
    An original love song with Music and Vocals by Cheryl Shantz and Lyrics by Jack Schumaker.
  • Seduction of Innocence
    6/13/2011
    "Seduction of Innocence" is an original work for full orchestra by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Bound for South Australia
    6/13/2011
    The old folksong "Bound for South Australia" performed by pianist and composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Greensleeves
    6/13/2011
    A beautiful Piano arrangement of "Greensleeves" written and performed by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • The Foggy Dew
    6/13/2011
    Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the famous Irish tune "The Foggy Dew" by pianist and composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Frederic Chopin "Presto Non Tanto; Agitato"
    6/13/2011
    Cheryl Shantz performs the last movement, "Finale: Presto non tanto; Agitato," of Frederic Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
  • Ondine by Maurice Ravel
    6/10/2011
    Cheryl Shantz performs her best loved piano piece "Ondine." This is the 1st Movement of "Gaspard de la Nuit" (treasurer of the night) which was composed by Maurice Ravel in 1908.
  • Scarborough Fair
    6/9/2011
    Scarborough Fair is one of the oldest and most beautiful folk songs of all time. This wonderful arrangement and performance is by pianist and composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • Oranges and Lemons
    6/8/2011
    Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the old folksong "Oranges and Lemons" by composer Cheryl Shantz.
  • "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" (La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin) by Claude Debussy
    6/8/2011
    Cheryl Shantz performs "The Girl With The Flaxen Hair" (La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin) by Claude Debussy. Debussy wrote two books of twelve preludes each, and "The Girl With The Flaxen Hair" is No. 8 in his "Pr©lude, Book I."
  • Too Much Love
    6/8/2011
    An original love song by Cheryl Shantz and Jack Schumaker.
  • House of the Rising Sun
    A Piano and Instrumental arrangement of the beautiful folksong "House of The Rising Sun" by composer Cheryl Shantz.

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