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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Jungian psychology and spirituality; Chapter 2 The numinous, the universal, and a myth of supersession; Chapter 3 Taking back divinity: Jung on the relativity of God; Chapter 4 Martin Buber and the lunatic asylum; Chapter 5 Jung, White and the end of the pilgrimage; Chapter 6 The mystical fool and why the killing must go on; Chapter 7 C.G. Jung, S.P. Huntington and the search for civilization; Chapter 8 Jung and the recall of the Gods; Chapter 9 Rerooting in the mother: The numinosity of the nothing |
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Chapter 10 Jung, some mystics and the void: Personal and political implicationsReferences; Index |
| Summary |
Jung's explanation of the religious tendency of the psyche addresses many sides of the contemporary debate on religion and the role that it has in individual and social life. This book discusses the emergence of a new mythic consciousness and details ways in which this consciousness supersedes traditional concepts of religion to provide a spirituality of more universal inclusion. On Behalf of the Mystical Fool examines Jung's critique of traditional western religion, demonstrating the negative consequences of religious and political collective unconsciousness, and their consequent so |
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Print version record |
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Electronic books. -- local
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Jungian psychology -- Religious aspects.
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Psychology, Religious.
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psychology of religion.
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Jungian psychology -- Religious aspects
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Psychology, Religious
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203866849 |
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0203866843 |
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1282576445 |
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9781282576445 |
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