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Ego and archetype : individuation and the religious function of the psyche /​ Edward F. Edinger.
Edinger, Edward F.

Ego and archetype : individuation and the religious function of the psyche /​ Edward F. Edinger.

Penguin Books Australia Ltd (1973)
9780140217285
| Paperback
304 pages | 124 x 193 mm | USA | English
$ 9.00 | Value: $ 9.00
Dewey 150.1954 EDI

Subject

  • Archetype (Psychology)
  • Ego (Psychology)
  • Jung, C.G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychoanalysis and religion

Plot

s/t: Individuation & the Religious Function of the PsycheA study of the journey to psychological wholeness--a process that Jung described as a conscious encounter between the ego & the archetypal symbols of the collective unconscious. For contemporary people, Edinger asserts, this encounter is equivalent to the discovery of God--& a critically important experience for everyone. 68 halftones.IllustrationsThe inflated egoThe alientaed egoEncoutner with the selfThe search for meaningChrist as paradigm of the individuating egoBeing an individualThe trinity archetype & the dialectic of developmentMetaphysics & the unconsciousThe blood of ChristThe philosopher's stoneIndex