Our Fathers' Wells: A Personal Encounter With the Myths of Genesis

Abstract

This is a fascinating book by a well-known psychodramatist who has been applying this method in helping himself and others to reconnect with their spiritual roots. The "wells" alluded to in the title come from a verse in Genesis, in which the patriarch Isaac reaffirms his loyalty to his father (Abraham) by redigging the water wells in the region where they settled in Canaan. This activity is a metaphor for the author's own task: Pitzele felt a need to deepen his spiritual roots. The book consists of a description of a sociodramatic approach to scriptural interpretation along with the author's reflections on the "myth-theology" (as he calls it) implicit in this first book of the Old Testament.