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Guilt with a Twist: The Promethean Way
A Jungian Perspective by Lawrence H. Staples, Ph.D.
—ISBN 0-97760764X Index. 256 pp. 2008. $25.00
“We must eat forbidden fruit and bear guilt if we are to grow and achieve our full potential,” claims Lawrence Staples, whose unorthodox view has the potential not only to change the way we look at guilt but also to soften its effects and heal us. A refreshingly unconventional look at the role of 'necessary' sin and guilt in our lives.
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Enemy, Cripple & Beggar:
Shadows in the Hero's Path
A Jungian Perspective by Erel Shalit
— ISBN 0-977607-67-4 Index. 248 pp. 2008. $25.00
The Hero is that aspect of our psyche, or in society, who dares to venture into the unknown, into the shadow of the unconscious, bringing us in touch with the darker aspects in our soul and in the world. In fact, it is the hero whom we send each night into the land of dreams to bring home the treasures of the unconscious. He, or no less she, will have to struggle with the Enemy that so often is mis-projected onto the detested Other, learn to care and attend to the Cripple who carries our crippling complexes and weaknesses, and develop respect for the shabby Beggar to whom we so often turn our backs—for it is the 'beggar in need' who holds the key to our inner Self.
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Journey to the Heart
A novel by Nora Caron
—ISBN 0-977607-66-6 224 pp. 2008. $17.95
"It is easier to fall into the pit of fear than to climb the mountain called Love"—Journey to the Heart
"There's a point where it all just isn't worth it any more, and it's time to run away. Journey to the Heart is a novel telling of Lucina who does just that. The story follows her life of beginning anew after a life where everything was simply so terrible it wasn't worth the time. She meets a teacher who begins to show her a path to happiness in life, making Journey to the Heart an offbeat novel many a reader will enjoy." —Midwest Book Review
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Timekeeper
A novel by John Atkinson
—ISBN 0-977607-65-8 248 pp. 2008.
Nominated for the 2009 Library of Virginia award in fiction.
"The first sentence of Timekeeper, a memoir by John Atkinson, drew me in and wouldn’t let me leave until I finished this wonderful book. The writing is first rate and made even more impressive by the fact that the young Atkinson was thought to be stupid by his teachers, unable to be taught how to read like everyone else. It is a story about abuse and a boy leaving on his own at 14 to find answers, and ultimately finds redemption. I’m thankful he takes us along with him. This is a deeply moving book and you will be the better for reading it." —Sharon Baldacci, author, A Sundog Moment
USA Today says— "Better get ready 'cause the Timekeeper's coming to town!"
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SamSara
Book 3 of the Malcolm Clay Trilogy
A novel by Mel Mathews
—ISBN 0-977607-62-3 368 pp. 2006. $17.95
"In SamSara, you might stumble upon a typo or a misspelled word here or there, but you stand a far greater chance of reclaiming a misplaced piece of your soul." —The Florentine
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Menopause Man
Book 2 of the Malcolm Clay Trilogy
A novel by Mel Mathews
—ISBN 0-977607-61-5 336 pp. 2006. $17.95
“Through the 21st Century Looking Glass” —USA Today
"Mel Mathews is a sensitive observer of the human condition, with an emphasis on the Male Human Condition of our time. He has created a character in Malcolm Clay that is a baby boomer Holden Caulfield, a variation on John Updike's Rabbit Angstrom, and he manages to take us by the hand and lead us through the bumpy terrain of current interpersonal relationships as well as anyone writing today." —USA Today, by Grady Harp
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LeRoi
Book 1 of the Malcolm Clay Trilogy
A novel by Mel Mathews
—ISBN 0-977607-60-7 (248 pp. 2005.) $16.95
"A journey of expanded awareness." —Midwest Book Review
"The first in a series of seven novels by author Mel Mathews, LeRoi is a novel following the seemingly ordinary man Malcolm Clay, whose car breaks down and whose cell phone suddenly dies, stranding him by a garage and a diner. Malcolm has lived a seemingly successful life, but at what cost? An introspective allegory about the search for prosperity of the soul, a need that lingers despite fulfilling the needs of the body, LeRoi tracks its self-assured, at times sardonic, yet inwardly incomplete protagonist on a journey of expanded awareness. Also highly recommended are the sequels of Malcolm's adventures, "Menopause Man" and "SamSara"." —Midwest Book Review
"Malcolm Clay is the story of everyman." —Nancy Qualls-Corbett
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Forthcoming Fisher King Press Titles
Resurrecting the Unicorn: Masculinity in the 21st Century
—a Jungian Perspective by Bud Harris ISBN 978-0-9810344-0-9 Paperback $25.00 USD
—Available Spring 2009, call or email to place your advance order—
Re-imagining Mary: A Journey through Art to the Feminine Self
—a Jungian Perspective by Mariann Burke ISBN 978-0-9810344-1-6 Paperback: $25.00 USD
—Available Spring 2009, call or email to place your advance order—
The Sister from Below: When the Muse gets Her Way
—a Jungian Perspective by Naomi Ruth Lowinsky ISBN 978-0-9810344-2-3 Paperback: $25.00 USD
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Jungian Psychology Unplugged: My Life As an Elephant
By Daryl Sharp ISBN 0-919123-81-3. Index. 160 pp. 1998. $25.00
A comprehensive overview of basic Jungian concepts: archetypes and complexes; psychological types; conflict; neurosis; persona and shadow; projection and identification; the puer/puella syndrome; anima and animus; individuation; dream interpretation; active imagination; inflation, self-knowledge and vocation—and much, much more.
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Transformation of the God-Image: An Elucidation of Jung’s Answer to Job
by Edward F. Edinger ISBN 0-919123-55-4. Index. 144 pp. 1992. $25.00
Answer to Job contains the essence of the Jungian myth. This erudite and down-to-earth study by the dean of American Jungians evokes that essence with unequaled clarity. Originally seminars at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles.
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Ego and Archetype
by Edward F. Edinger.
—ISBN 9780877735762 Index. 336 pp. $22.95
This book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by C.G. Jung (Author), Aniela Jaffe (Editor)
— ISBN 978-0679723950 Index. 448 pp. $14.95
An autobiography put together from conversations, writings and lectures with Jung's cooperation, at the end of his life.
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Modern Man in Search of a Soul
by C.G. Jung
—ISBN 9780156612067 224 pp.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is the perfect introduction to the theories and concepts of one of the most original and influential religious thinkers of the twentieth century. Lively and insightful, it covers all of his most significant themes, including man's need for a God and the mechanics of dream analysis. One of his most famous books, it perfectly captures the feelings of confusion that many sense today. Generation X might be a recent concept, but Jung spotted its forerunner over half a century ago. For anyone seeking meaning in todays world, Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a must.
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The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
by C.G. Jung
— ISBN 9780691018942 155 pp.
Together for the first time in one paperback volume are two of Jung's major late works, in the version published in The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, as rendered by Jung's official translator. "The Undiscovered Self" (1957) integrates many of Jung's lifelong social and psychological concerns and addresses the uneasy relation between the individual and mass society. The survival of civilization, he maintains, depends on individual awareness of both the conscious and unconscious aspects of the human psyche. The exploration of the unconscious, in particular, leads to self-knowledge and with it recognition of the duality of human natureits potential for evil as well as for good. Jung believes that it is this self-knowledge that enables the individual to resist the collective power of mass society and the state and to cope with their possible threats. Jung's reflections on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious carry over into his essay "Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams," completed shortly before his death in 1961. (It is the original version of his introduction to the symposium Man and His Symbols, conceived as a popular presentation of Jungian ideas.) Describing dreams as communications from the unconscious--as expressions of aspects of the individual that have been neglected or unrealized--Jung explains how the symbols that occur in dreams compensate for repressed emotions and intuitions. In a world dehumanized, in Jung's view, by scientific "progress" and the loss of emotional participation in natural events, symbols recall our original nature, its instincts and peculiar way of thinking. This essay brings together Jung's fully evolved thoughts on the analysis of dreams and the healing of the rift between consciousness and the unconscious, in the context of his system of psychology.
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Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms & Concepts
by Daryl Sharp ISBN 0-919123-48-1. Diagrams. Index. 160 pp. 1991. $25.00
Illustrates the broad scope of analytical psychology and the interrelationship of Jung’s cultural, scientific and clinical work. Definitions are accompanied by choice extracts from Jung’s Collected Works, with informed commentary and generous crossreferences.
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Personality Types: Jung’s Model of Typology
by Daryl Sharp ISBN 0-919123-30-9. Index. 128 pp. 1987. $25.00
Detailed explanations of the psychological attitudes of introversion and extraversion, the functions of feeling, thinking, sensation and intuition, and the pesky role of the unconscious.
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Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
Revised Edition
by Marie-Louise von Franz
—ISBN 9780877739746 336 pp.
Fairy tales seem to be innocent stories, yet they contain profound lessons for those who would dive deep into their waters of meaning. In this book, Marie-Louise von Franz uncovers some of the important lessons concealed in tales from around the world, drawing on the wealth of her knowledge of folklore, her experience as a psychoanalyst and a collaborator with Jung, and her great personal wisdom. Among the many topics discussed in relation to the dark side of life and human psychology, both individual and collective, are: How different aspects of the "shadow"—all the affects and attitudes that are unconscious to the ego personality—are personified in the giants and monsters, ghosts, and demons, evil kings and wicked witches of fairy tales How problems of the shadow manifest differently in men and women What fairy tales say about the kinds of behavior and attitudes that invite evil How Jung's technique of Active imagination can be used to overcome overwhelming negative emotions How ghost stories and superstitions reflect the psychology of grieving What fairy tales advise us about whether to struggle against evil or turn the other cheek Dr. von Franz concludes that ever rule of behavior that we can learn from the unconscious through fairy tales and dreams is usually a paradox: sometimes there must be a physical struggle against evil and sometimes a contest of wits, sometimes a display of strength or magic and sometimes a retreat. Above all, she shows the importance of relying on the central, authentic core of our being—the innermost Self, which is beyond the struggle between the opposites of good and evil.
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Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche
by Marie-Louise von Franz
— ISBN 9781570624261 Index. 416 pp.
The chief disciple of C. G. Jung, analyst Marie-Louise von Franz uses her vast knowledge of the world of myths, fairy tales, visions, and dreams to examine expressions of the universal symbol of the Anthropos, or Cosmic Man—a universal archetype that embodies humanity's personal as well as collective identity. She shows that the meaning of life—the realization of our fullest human potential, which Jung called individuation—can only be found through a greater differentiation of consciousness by virtue of archetypes, and that ultimately our future depends on relationships, whether between the sexes or among nations, races, religions, and political factions.
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Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places
by James Hollis ISBN 0-919123-74-0. Index. 160 pp. 1996. $25.00
Who does not long to arrive some distant day at that sunlit meadow where we may live in pure contentment? Yet much of the time we are lost in the quicksands of guilt, grief, betrayal, depression and the like. Perhaps the goal of life is not happiness but meaning.
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The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
by James Hollis ISBN 0-919123-60-0. Index. 128 pp. 1993. $25.00
Why do so many go through so much disruption in their middle years? Why then? What does it mean and how can we survive it? The Middle Passage shows how we can pass through midlife consciously, rendering the second half of life all the richer and more meaningful.
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