Psychology, philosophy & Consciousness
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Featured Psychology, philosophy & consciousness books
Marie-Louise Von Franz
A study of the dreams of Jung, Descartes, Socrates, and other historical figures.
Marie-Louise Von Franz
In the view of Jungian psychology, we are living today through a crucial transition: a period of reaction against cultural and religious forms that have become rigid and cut off from the creative wellspring of the collective conscious. The hidden significance of this "psychic emergency" is that it spurs the development of human consciousness on toward a spiritual rebirth.
MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales is the first new volume of Dr. von Franz's legendary Zürich lectures to be published since 1980. There are in-depth studies of six fairy tales— from Denmark, Spain, China, France and Africa, and one from the Grimm collection—with references to parallel themes in many others. Featuring the symbolic, non-linear approach she is famous for, it offers unique insights into cross-cultural motifs, as well as being an invaluable resource for understanding dream images.
Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
Joseph Campbell
“Campbell, who is known for speaking his mind, pulls no punches here. This book, more than any other, unambiguously delineates his basic understanding of mythology and religion.... Inveterate underliners will be tempted to highlight things on virtually every page."
- Parabola
“In a time of felt mythlessness, when the culture suffers a crunching literalism in politics, in religion, and in everyday human relationships, Campbell's little book on the metaphoric and mythic quality of life functions as a grand net of gems."
- David L. Miller, Ph.D., Watson-Ledden Professor of Religions, Syracuse University
"The wealth and breadth of reference in this small book is truly prodigious... as Campbell now soars like an eagle to a generalization about The Big Bang, now dives like a hawk to a precise description of the color and number of lotus petals in each of the seven centers of the calera system, rendering both lucid in a single universe of discourse."
- Newsday
"If The Inner Reaches of Outer Space receives the wide reading it deserves, its ideas will be of great consequence indeed... Campbell shares with Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Fuentes an intuitive skill in building energy through the dialectic of contraction and release, thematically as well as structurally. His chapter entitled "The Way of Art is often breathtakingly beautiful, conveying as it does the author's appreciation of the esthetic dimension of mystical realization. ... His work is important. He is a national treasure.
- Noeric Sciences Review
Understanding and Integrating the Feminine Archetypes in Men’s Lives
Robert A. Johnson
Lying with the Heavenly Woman is an exploration of the role of the feminine in men's lives. With insight and clarity. Jungian analyst Robert Johnson illuminates the inner feminine the realm of meaning, feeling, and creativity- and the outer embodiments of femininity-a man's relationships to people who represent the life-enhancing feminine archetypes- from mother and sister to friend, soulmate, and spouse.
Illustrating man's relationship to femininity through myths, tales, and anecdotes, Johnson explores the dangers of failing to differentiate among the various feminine elements from mid-life crisis and exaggerated "masculine" bravado to incest and suicide and shows how properly recognizing these vital elements can allow a man to find meaning within himself and fulfillment in relationship with others.
Verena Kast
In this exciting best-seller from Europe, the author, a Jungian analyst, discusses close interpersonal relationships, their dynamics and depth dimensions as well as their surface problems from the viewpoint of archetypal patterns. Problems of bonding, of disillusionment, of projection and introjection are carefully discussed. Focusing primarily on the relationship between the sexes, this work also includes much that is relevant to other forms of human intimacy. Myth is brought alive and illuminates the present with the intense light cast by archetypal understandings.