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by Cara Barker
World Weary Woman: Her Wound and Transformation
ISBN 0-919123-97-X. Index. 160 pp. 2001. $25.00
A World Weary Woman is one whose characteristic response to stress is to struggle to achieve. However, she feels little joy in the process, suffering a disconnection from her feminine body wisdom and her creativity. Her task is to find a way of living authentically that allows her to express what awakens her heart. The provisional life exhausts her and she knows it. Thus she must detach from who she has been, in order to discover who she is meant to be.
by Jan Bauer
Alcoholism and Women: The Background and the Psychology
ISBN 0-919123-10-4. Index. 144 pp. 1982. $25.00
Compares medical and psychological models, and examines the success of Alcoholics Anonymous in terms of archetypal patterns represented by the Greek gods Apollo, Dionysus, Athene and Asclepius (the wounded healer).
by Sibylle Birkhäuser-Oeri
The Mother: Archetypal Image in Fairy Tales
ISBN 0-919123-33-3. Index. 176 pp. 1988. $30.00
A practical illustration of how the mother complex functions in the world as well as in the deeper regions of the psyche. The focus here is on positive and negative aspects of the maternal image in wellknown fairy tales, including Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel.
by D. Stephenson Bond
The Archetype of Renewal: Psychological Reflections on the Aging, Death and Rebirth of the King
ISBN 1-894574-05-2. Index. 128 pp. 2003. $25.00
What happens when our energy ebbs, passion dims, and we are no longer motivated to do what was once so engaging? This amounts to a crisis of faith: our previous approach to life—one that gave meaning and purpose—no longer sustains us. In effect, the old king is dead. This is a theme common to every culture, every individual life. Dr. Bond compares Jung’s views with ceremonies of the renewal of the king in ancient Babylon, always relating them to the challenge of contemporary life.
by Donald Broadribb
The Dream Story
ISBN 0-919123-45-7. Index. 256 pp. 1990. $35.00
A rare weave of theory and application, drawing on various schools of psychology, with a particular strength in tracking recurring symbols in a series of dreams. A solid workbook for those seeking an understanding of dreams in the context of everyday life. Numerous examples.
by Aldo Carotenuto
Eros and Pathos: Shades of Love and Suffering
ISBN 0-919123-39-2. Index. 144 pp. 1989. $25.00
Why do we fear love? How do we invite betrayal? What can we learn about ourselves from eroticism, abandonment, solitude? What unconscious drives are at work in seduction and jealousy? Are love, suffering and creativity connected?
by Joel Covitz
Visions in the Night: Jungian and Ancient Dream Interpretation
ISBN 0-919123-92-9. Index. 128 pp. 2000. $25.00
Thousands of years before Freud and Jung, “visions in the night” were an important source of divine guidance, and the role of dream interpreter was an established profession. The author examines ancient, medieval and modern literature for insights that illuminate a Jungian approach to the value of dreamwork in the analytic process. Includes case material. 2nd Edtion, revised.
by Billye B Currie
The Gambler: Romancing Lady Luck (A Jungian exploration)
ISBN 9781894574198. Index 128 pp. 2007. $25.00
Gambling, once shunned as a criminal activity, is now a main-stream component of Western culture. Participation in gambling is reported by over 80% of people in North America.
This is the first ever book on gamblers and gambling from a Jungian perspective. Most studies of gambling activities focus on addiction to the game(s), but this book covers the gamut, from recreational to pathological gambling. The author explores the archetypal foundations of the gambler through 1) amplification of images of Lady Luck; 2) the role of “play” as an activity informing the gambler’s approach to the game; and 3) images of the gambler on the continuum from play to addiction —all in the service of becoming better acquainted with the gambler in ourselves and in those around us.
Case stories are included in this exceptionally insightful study of the inner and outer forces that urge many of us to take a chance—on slots, cards, dice, lotteries, horses, roulette, stocks, love and more, with particular attention to gambling in casinos.
by Janet O. Dallett
When the Spirits Come Back
ISBN 0-919123-32-5. 160 pp. 1988. $25.00
Interweaving her own story with descriptions of those who come to her for help, Dallett details her rediscovery of the integrity of the healing process and illustrates the limitations of prevailing medical attitudes toward mental distrubances.
Saturday’s Child: Encounters with the Dark Gods
ISBN 0-919123-52-X. 128 pp. 1991. $25.00
Where and what is evil? Does it reside in nuclear weapons, cults, earthquakes, cancer? Your boss? Your mate? And what of you yourself? Weaving a singular tapestry of dreams, personal experience and world events, Dallett makes the reality of evil immediate and inescapably personal.
by John P. Dourley
The Illness That We Are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity
ISBN 0-919123-16-3. Index. 128 pp. 1984. $25.00
Catholic priest and professor of religion explores Jung’s assessment, questioning Christianity’s essentially masculine orientation and its emphasis on perfection, rather than wholeness, as the goal of life.
A Strategy for a Loss of Faith: Jung’s Proposal
ISBN 0-919123-57-0. Index. 144 pp. 1992. $25.00
The author: “If the values of Jung’s good news are to be realized, the religious horsemen of death must first be faced. Jung fingers them. They are faith, hope and charity, clothed in religious or political certitude.”
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by Edward F. Edinger
The Creation of Consciousness: Jung’s Myth for Modern Man
ISBN 0-919123-13-9. Index. 128 pp. 1984. $25.00
This seminal work by the author of Ego and Archetype proposes a new world-view based on the creative collaboration between the scientific pursuit of knowledge and the religious search for meaning.
Encounter with the Self: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job
ISBN 0-919123-21-X. Index. 80 pp. 1986. $25.00
Penetrating commentary on the Job story as a numinous, archetypal event, and as a paradigm for conflicts of duty that can lead to enhanced consciousness. Full-page reproductions of William Blake’s 22 engravings.
The Bible and the Psyche: Individuation Symbolism in the Old Testament
ISBN 0-919123-23-6. Index. 176 pp. 1986. $30.00
Explores Biblical lore as a self-revelation of the objective psyche and a rich compendium of archetypal images representing humanity’s successive encounters with the numinosum (a.k.a. God, the Self, etc.). Many examples from dreams and more than forty years of clinical practice.
The Christian Archetype: A Jungian Commentary on the Life of Christ
ISBN 0-919123-27-9. 34 illustrations. Index. 144 pp. 1987. $25.00
In prose and in pictures carefully selected from traditional art, the author examines in depth some essential stages in the life of Christ and in the lives of those who by choice or fate are called to a suprapersonal destiny.
Goethe’s Faust: Notes for a Jungian Commentary
ISBN 0-919123-44-9. Index. 112 pp. 1990. $25.00
Faust was Jung’s lifelong companion. Here the dean of American analysts shows that Faust is at once a psychological portrait of the modern psyche, a symbolic description of a depth analysis and a guide to understanding alchemy.
Transformation of the God-Image: An Elucidation of Jung’s Answer to Job
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.
The Mystery of the Coniunctio: Alchemical Image of Individuation
ISBN 0-919123-67-8. 48 illustrations. Index. 112 pp. 1994. $25.00
Two concise essays on the union of opposites: “Introduction to Jung’s Mysterium Coniunctionis” and “A Psychological Interpretation of the Rosarium Pictures”—the alchemical drawings on which Jung based one of his major works, The Psychology of the Transference.
The Mysterium Lectures: A Journey through Jung’s Mysterium Coniunctionis
ISBN 0-919123-66-X. 90 illustrations. Index. 352 pp. 1995. $40.00
A comprehensive study illuminating the depth and scope of Jung’s magnum opus and its relevance to everyday life. Here is a treasury of material for understanding and amplifying modern dreams and other unconscious contents.
Melville’s Moby-Dick: An American Nekyia
ISBN 0-919123-70-8. Index. 160 pp. 1995. $25.00
The great American novel Moby-Dick is a psychological document which, like a dream, needs interpretation and elaboration of its images for its meaning to emerge fully. The subtitle of this work underscores the correspondence between Melville’s deep internal struggle and the hidden complexities within us all.
The Aion Lectures: Exploring the Self in Jung’s Aion
ISBN 0-919123-72-4. 30 illustrations. Index. 208 pp. 1996. $30.00
In Aion Jung took the archetype of the God-image (the Self) as his subject and demonstrated how it has revealed itself progressively in the course of the Christian aeon. Like its companion volume, The Mysterium Lectures (see above), this is an invaluable resource for understanding symbolic images.
The Psyche in Antiquity, Book One: Early Greek Philosophy
ISBN 0-919123-86-4. Index. 128 pp. 1999. $25.00
The purpose of this book is not to study philosophy, but rather to track the psyche as it manifests in the archetypal ideas that so gripped the early Greeks. Dr. Edinger’s unique perspective relates the Greeks’ ideas to modern psychological experience.
The Psyche in Antiquity, Book Two: Gnosticism and Early Christianity
ISBN 0-919123-87-2. Index. 160 pp. 1999. $25.00
Focuses on the ideas of Paul of Tarsus and Simon Magus; then explores those of their descendants: in the Church, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Tertullian and Augustine; in the Gnostic line, Marcion, Basilides, Valentinus and Mani. A final chapter clarifies their psychological significance for the modern individual.
Ego and Self: The Old Testament Prophets
ISBN 0-919123-91-0. Index. 160 pp. 2000. $25.00
A psychological commentary on the so-called prophetic books in the Bible (from Isaiah to Malachi), continuing Edinger’s detailed exegesis begun in The Bible and the Psyche (title 24), which examined the historical books (from Genesis to Esther).
The Psyche on Stage: Individuation Motifs in Shakespeare and Sophocles
ISBN 0-919123-94-5. Illustrated. Index. 96 pp. 2001. $25.00
Explores the development of our understanding of the nature of the Self and its relationship to the ego. Traces manifestations of the archetypes of the tragic hero, the sacred marriage and the search for wholeness through a close analysis of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Romeo and Juliet, and two plays by Sophocles, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus.
Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective
ISBN 1-894574-03-6. 128 pp. 2002. $25.00
Five insightful essays by the late dean of American Jungian analysts: “The Transference Phenomenon,” “The Therapeutic Life,” “Encounter with the Greater Personality,” “The Vocation of Depth Psychotherapy,” and “Science of the Soul” (an edited transcript of his celebrated 1997 video series). The many readers who have appreciated Dr. Edinger’s other books will be delighted with this new selection.
The Sacred Psyche: A Psychological Approach to the Psalms
ISBN 1-894574-09-5. 22 illustrations. Index. Sewn. 160 pp. 2004. $25.00
The Biblical Psalms are the great treasury of Judeo-Christian spirituality. Yahweh dwells within them. Psychologically, this means that the living presence of the Self animates the Psalms, which therefore have the power to constellate the archetype of the God-image in those individuals who are receptive to their influence. Even many self-professed irreligious people have been astonished to discover that certain Psalms were the only texts that spoke to their condition during a period of grave psychic upheaval.
Today, traditional Judeo-Christianity is at a crucial turning point. But the poetry of the Psalms still rewards the effort to understand and relate their message to individual, contemporary, psychological experience. Originally a lecture series, The Sacred Psyche resonates with Dr. Edinger’s heartfelt, deeply honest responses to these powerful texts.
by Gregg M. Furth
The Secret World of Drawings: A Jungian Approach to Healing through Art
ISBN 1-894574-00-1. 100 illustrations (74 in color). Index. 176 pp. 2002. $30.00
The author’s deep compassion for those in need—adult or child— is evident in this authoritative application of Jung’s ideas as they apply to the interpretation of impromptu drawings and images from the unconscious in general. Highly recommended for therapists, health care practitioners, educators and artists. Includes a rich reference section for further reading in art therapy and symbolism.
by Robert L. Gardner
The Rainbow Serpent: Bridge to Consciousness
ISBN 0-919123-46-5. 14 illustrations. Index. 128 pp. 1990. $25.00
Through the psychological interpretation of an Australian aboriginal myth and the making of a medicine-man, the author explores the role of the archetypes in the growth of individual and collective consciousness.
by James A. Hall
Jungian Dream Interpretation: A Handbook of Theory and Practice
ISBN 0-919123-12-0. Index. 128 pp. 1983. $25.00
Comprehensive guide to an understanding of dreams in light of the basic principles of analytical psychology. Particular attention to common motifs, the role of complexes, and the goal and purpose of dreams.
The Jungian Experience: Analysis and Individuation
ISBN 0-919123-25-2. 10 illustrations. Index. 176 pp. 1986. $30.00
Comprehensive description of Jungian thought, addressed particularly to those considering analysis and to therapists of other theoretical backgrounds who wish to better understand the clinical application of Jung’s model of the psyche. Includes practical information on training to become a Jungian analyst.
by Barbara Hannah
The Inner Journey: Essays on Jungian Psychology
ISBN 0-919123-84-8. Index. 160 pp. 2000. $25.00
Like M. Esther Harding, Emma Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah (1891-1986) took Jung’s message to heart and amplified it according to her own experience. The six essays here exemplify her legacy: a keen mind, psychological integrity and an abiding faith in the healing power of the unconscious.
by M. Esther Harding
The Parental Image: Its Injury and Reconstruction
ISBN 1-894574-07-9. 24 illustrations. Index. 160 pp. 2003. $25.00
The effect of the parental image in the psyche of each individual has ever been the basis upon which we develop relationships with other people, with a vocation, and indeed with all realms of life. This much-loved classic of Jungian psychology explores the various stages of maturation and the challenges faced by anyone who seeks authentic independence. Dr. Harding describes in depth the task of each level of development as we venture into the world. Using the ancient Babylonian creation legend (the Enuma Elish) to illustrate the process, and relating it to modern dreams and case material, she makes it clear that the struggle to grow up has always been both difficult and liberating.
by Judith Harris
Jung and Yoga: The Psyche-Body Connection
ISBN 0-919123-95-3. 30 illustrations. Index. 160 pp. 2001. $25.00
An in-depth study of the parallels between yoga practices and Jungian analysis, and the implications of both for spiritual and psychological growth. An eminently practical approach that on the one hand illuminates Jung’s ideas as they may be experienced through bodywork, and on the other offers a new psychological perspective to practitioners of bodywork.
by Joseph L. Henderson
Cultural Attitudes in Psychological Perspective
ISBN 0-919123-18-X. 24 illustrations. Index. 128 pp. 1984. $25.00
A thoughtful work by a senior analyst, author of Thresholds of Initiation and co-author (with Jung) of Man and His Symbols. Ranges through the world of art, mythology, literature and the history of ideas.
by James Hollis
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
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.
Under Saturn’s Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
ISBN 0-919123-64-3. Index. 144 pp. 1994. $25.00
Saturn was the Roman god who ate his children to stop them from usurping his power. Men have been psychologically and spiritually wounded by this legacy. Hollis offers a rich perspective on the secrets men carry in their hearts.
Tracking the Gods: The Place of Myth in Modern Life
ISBN 0-919123-69-4. Index. 160 pp. 1995. $25.00
Whatever our cultural and religious background or personal psychology, a greater intimacy with myth provides a vital link with meaning, the absence of which is so often behind the neuroses of our time. Here the acclaimed author of The Middle Passage (see above) explains why a connection with our mythic roots is crucial for us as individuals and as responsible citizens of our age.
Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places
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.
The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other
ISBN 0-919123-80-5. Index. 160 pp. 1998. $25.00
A timely and thought-provoking corrective to the generalized fantasies about relationships that permeate Western culture. Here is a challenge to greater personal responsibility, a call for individual growth as opposed to the search for rescue by others.
Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path
ISBN 0-919123-93-7. Index. 160 pp. 2001. $25.00
With insight and compassion grounded in the humanist side of analytical psychology, Hollis elucidates the circuitous path of individuation. A powerful commentary on the importance of the examined life, illustrating how we may come to an understanding of our life choices and relationships by exploring our core complexes and personal history. The text is deeply enriched by the inclusion of poetry and excerpts from the work of modern writers.
On This Journey We Call Our Life: Living the Questions
ISBN 1-894574-04-4. Index. 160 pp. 2003. $25.00
Over the years James Hollis has offered us many a feast. This time we are offered something different—more of a working partnership than a finished meal. Here Hollis navigates the deep questions that haunt us all, sharing his personal experience only so that we may more deeply understand our own. This is not a book of revealed truths. Rather it surrenders to the questions, guided only by whatever insight, endurance and energy we each may have. The partnership is rich in poetry as well as prose, but most of all it shares the burden of uncertainty, and reminds us of its treasures.
Mythologems: Incarnations of the Invisible World
ISBN 1-894574-10-9. Index. Sewn. 160 pp. 2004. $25.00
Tales told by shadowy elders around ancient campfires offered both explanation and comfort. Life hasn’t changed that much: our dependence on explanation and comfort still lies just under our busy ambition and constant yearning. Most of the time, the basic assumptions of our early years were so viscerally absorbed that we have never made them articulate, and therefore never had any way to evaluate their relevance for us now. What if they are outdated? Immature? Beside the point? In this new volume, James Hollis shows us a way to bring those stories to consciousness—what questions to ask, and when. And also what to expect of ourselves in the process. This is not a quick fix book; in fact, waking up to our truth is sometimes very painful. But it is real. And it may be the only way to discover that sense of meaning and personal authenticity that no amount of outer success can provide.
by Eve Jackson
Food and Transformation: Imagery and Symbolism of Eating
ISBN 0-919123-75-9. Illustrated. Index. 128 pp. 1996. $25.00
References in dreams to particular foods can often be tracked to powerful individual and collective associations, deeply ingrained in culture. Here are psychological insights on nourishment and eating as expressed in dreams, myths and language.
by Graham Jackson
The Secret Lore of Gardening: Patterns of Male Intimacy
ISBN 0-919123-53-8. 18 illustrations. Index. 160 pp. 1991. $25.00
An archetypal perspective on the psychological bond between “green” and “yellow” men, with affinities to earth and sky, matter and spirit, respectively, showing how the fruits of their symbolic gardening can be a deeply rooted affirmation of life. Literature, film and case material.
The Living Room Mysteries: Patterns of Male Intimacy, Book 2
ISBN 0-919123-61-9. 8 illustrations. Index. 144 pp. 1993. $25.00
A companion volume to The Secret Lore of Gardening (see above), further exploring gay typology, with emphasis on the complex psychological dynamics underlying relationships between “blue” men and “red” men.
by Mario Jacoby
The Analytic Encounter: Transference and Human Relationship
ISBN 0-919123-14-7. Index. 128 pp. 1984. $25.00
Summarizes the views of Jung and Freud on transference and countertransference, as well as those of Martin Buber on I-it and I-thou relationships. Special attention to the significance of erotic love in therapy and analysis.
Longing for Paradise: Psychological Perspectives on an Archetype
ISBN 1-894574-17-6. 2nd edition. Index 240 pp. 2006. $30.00
"The longing for freedom from conflict, suffering and depravation is an eternal human dream of great emotional power. It is the dream of total happiness, embodied in almost all cultures as the myth of Paradise." So begins the author's singular interdisciplinary study of the archetype of Paradise.
Mario Jacoby, senior Jungian analyst based in Zurich, pursues three major themes. He begins with a discussion of the psychological connection between the idea of Paradise and the crucially decisive quality of the mother-infant relationship in determining a child’s development. The second part consists of an analysis of the Biblical tale of Paradise and the Fall. Jacoby considers possible cultural origins and interpretations of the tale, and how it has substantiated claims of the inferiority of women. In the final section, Jacoby likens various legends and myths promising a future state of paradise to the healing potential of the Jungian individuation process. Case studies from his analytical practice reveal an inner need for comfort in the face of world disharmony.
by Lawrence W. Jaffe
Celebrating Soul: Preparing for the New Religion
ISBN 0-919123-85-6. Index. 128 pp. 1999. $25.00
The author writes: “Discernible on the horizon are the first traces of light from a new sun, a new religion, the product of a marriage between reason and faith, science and religion. The closest approximation we have to this today is Jung’s school of psychology, which affirms the redemptive power of consciousness.”
by Rivkah Schärf Kluger
Psyche in Scripture: The Idea of the Chosen People and Other Essays
ISBN 0-919123-71-6. Index. 128 pp. 1995. $25.00
This book aims to help us grasp the symbolic content of our psychic heritage. Five essays, including “The Queen of Sheba in Bible and Legend,” “King Saul and the Spirit of God,” and “Old Testament Roots of Woman’s Spiritual Problem.”
by Albert Kreinheder
Body and Soul: The Other Side of Illness - 2nd Edition
ISBN 9781894574259. Index. 128 pp. 2008. $25.00
This feeling-intuitive approach to physical illness vividly illustrates the symbolic attitude
and active imagination with the body. The author was 76 when he died of cancer in 1990. Refreshingly candid, Body and Soul reflects a life well and truly lived in relation to the Self and the process of individuation.
by Deldon Anne McNeely
Touching: Body Therapy and Depth Psychology
ISBN 0-919123-29-5. Index. 128 pp. 1987. $25.00
Focus on Eros, relatedness and the healing power of touch, with an overview of pioneering body therapies, dance symbolism, transference, dream interpretation and the controversial issue of gratification in therapy.
by Sigrid R. McPherson
The Refiner’s Fire: Memoirs of a German Girlhood
ISBN 0-919123-54-6. 208 pp. 1992. $30.00
The author grew up in Germany while Hitler’s National Socialism was ravaging Europe. During her later years in America, she worked at redeeming the shadows of her past, bending all efforts toward achieving inner peace. This is a unique portrayal of the process of self-empowerment.
by Margaret Eileen Meredith
The Secret Garden: Temenos for Individuation
ISBN 1-894574-12-5. 14 illustrations. Index 160 pp. 2005. $25.00
This fascinating study grew out of the author’s abiding interest in gardening as a metaphor for the process of individuation. It circumambulates the psychology and rich symbolism associated with gardens and secrets, with particular reference to The Secret Garden, the much-loved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
We read here of the reality of the psyche, the importance of symbols, imagination and play in the pursuit of self-knowledge. We learn about sacred time and sacrifice, and how these relate to the analytic process. We are reminded of how the mysterious transcendent function may manifest in our darkest hour. We read here of soul.
Many more motifs associated with gardens, secrets and the process of individuation are explored, with dream examples and a summary of the Burnett novel.
by Eugene Monick
Phallos: Sacred Image of the Masculine
ISBN 0-919123-26-0. 30 illustrations. Index. 144 pp. 1987. $25.00
Through close examination of the physical, psychological and mythological aspects of phallos, the author differentiates masculinity from patriarchy and discovers a mysterious, divine reality coequal with the maternal principle as an originating force in the psyche.
Castration and Male Rage: The Phallic Wound
ISBN 0-919123-51-1. Index. 144 pp. 1991. $25.00
Scholarly yet lyrical, and informed by both Jungian and Freudian theory, this worthy sequel to the author’s Phallos (title 27) maps the insecurities and unconscious forces which from early life prompt men to violence, and proposes powerful countermeasures.
Potency: Masculine Aggression as a Path to the Soul
ISBN 1-894574-15-X. Index 160 pp. 2006. $25.00
This long-awaited new book by the best-selling author of Phallos (1987) and Castration and Male Rage (1991) does not disappoint. Indeed, Potency was ten years in the writing, and it is the culmination of Dr. Monick’s forty-year involvement in exploring the psychological essence of masculinity and the dynamics underlying male-female relationships.
He writes: "The collapse of patriarchy is on our doorstep if not already in the house. Men feel this change deeply. Almost everywhere, being born male has made a man feel entitled. Becoming unentitled can make men insecure, angry and pathologically violent, as though they faced the threat of castration. How can men function without their traditional authority to be in control?"
This book addresses that question and offers cogent alternatives to patriarchy and patriarchal attitudes.
by Renée Nell
The Use of Dreams in Couple Counseling: A Jungian Perspective
ISBN 1-894574-14-1. Index 160 pp. 2005. $25.00
Psychotherapists of many different schools use dreams in individual therapy, but very few use them in counseling couples. Indeed, marriage and family therapists often have no experience in this area because dream interpretation is seldom included in their training.
Jung sees the dream as the steady endeavor of the unconscious to create the best possible equilibrium in the psyche. Dreams are a means to establish a homeostatic balance, or at least to show the dreamer what would be necessary to achieve this balance.
In this book, with the help of numerous examples, Dr. Nell explains the efficacy of dream interpretation when working with couples, individually and in groups, in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional disturbances.
One of the main tasks in the psychological individuation process is the reconciliation of opposites, especially the opposition between consciousness and the unconscious. Dreams create a bridge between these two worlds.
by Sylvia Brinton Perera
Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women
ISBN 0-919123-05-8. Index. 112 pp. 1981. $25.00
Pioneer study of the need for an inner female authority in a masculine- oriented society. Interprets the journey into the underworld of Inanna-Ishtar, Goddess of Heaven and Earth, to see Ereshkigal, her dark sister. So must modern women descend into the depths of themselves.
The Scapegoat Complex: Toward a Mythology of Shadow and Guilt
ISBN 0-919123-22-8. Index. 128 pp. 1986. $26.00
An in-depth study of the role of the victim, based on historical rituals, dreams, mythology, case material, and archetypal patterns. Shows that scapegoating is a way of denying one’s own dark side by projecting it onto others.
The Irish Bull God: Image of Multiform and Integral Masculinity
ISBN 1-894574-08-7. Index. Sewn. 160 pp. 2004. $25.00
Contemporary Western culture is seeking a new paradigm of manliness relevant to both men and women, at all stages of life. More and more we question the models provided by our personal and collective fathers. We have been trapped in too narrow a definition of the masculine. We are ready for a new one, one that does not diminish the essence of maleness, but is also broader than the too-pervasive limits of toughness, defensiveness, rigidity, rationality and aggression.
Our very survival may depend on growing into a broader sense of the masculine: one that welcomes equal partnership with women, lifting from them the burden of hiding their own fullness of character so as not to intimidate the men around them or be the targets of their aggression; one that encourages the growth of the new generation, the new idea, the new crop, the new art, with the confidence of understanding that none of them can emerge without receptive fathering. An enlarged concept of masculinity is the promise of this most engaging book.
by Jane R. Prétat
Coming To Age: The Croning Years and Late-Life Transformation
ISBN 0-919123-63-5. Index. 144 pp. 1994. $25.00
A comprehensive overview of inner events and creative possibilities during the years after middle age. Prétat explores the tasks and potential rewards of this period, including the relevance of the Demeter-Persephone myth.
by Nancy Qualls-Corbett
The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine
ISBN 0-919123-31-7. 20 illustrations. Index. 176 pp. 1988. $30.00
The disconnection between spirituality and passionate love leaves a broad sense of dissatisfaction and boredom in relationships. The author illustrates how our vitality and capacity for joy depend on restoring the soul of the sacred prostitute to its rightful place in consciousness.
Awakening Woman: Dreams and Individuation
ISBN 1-894574-02-8. with Leila McMackin. Index. 160 pp. 2002. $25.00
When you face the truth that your familiar psychological territory is no longer your moral, spiritual or emotional home, and the road ahead twists through a dark forest—then you know the experience, both terrifying and exhilarating, of the refugee who slowly becomes the explorer. In this unique collaborative work by an analyst and her analysand, a woman in midlife learns to understand her dreams, visions and emotions, and especially the kinship between sexuality and spirituality, thus acquiring an authentic sense of self.
by Neil Russack
Animal Guides in Life, Myth and Dreams
ISBN 0-919123-98-8. 27 illustrations. Index. 224 pp. 2002. $30.00
Russack’s moving narrative of his and others’ experience of animals—dogs, waterbirds, deer, whales, geese, frogs, elephants, dolphins, horses, boar, octopuses, unicorns and many more—teases out their psychological significance through the deft use of mythology, poetry, dreams and case material.
David E. Schoen
Divine Tempest: The Hurricane As a Psychic Phenomenon
ISBN 0-919123-79-1. 15 illustrations. Index. 128 pp. 1998. $25.00
Visual imagery, historical data, mythological amplification, modern dream material, synchronistic phenomena and first-hand experience are the substance of this whirlwind text that uncovers the psychological significance of great storms.
by Nathan Schwartz-Salant
Narcissism and Character Transformation:The Psychology of Narcissistic Character Disorders
ISBN 0-919123-08-2. 18 illustrations. Index. 192 pp. 1982. $30.00
A practical guide to the phenomenology of narcissism—what it looks like, what it means and how to deal with it. Draws on mythology and a variety of analytic points of view (Jung, Klein, Freud, Kohut, etc.).
by Erel Shalit
The Complex: Path of Transformation
ISBN 0-919123-99-6. Index. 128 pp. 2002. $25.00
Our complexes act as dynamic intermediaries in the life-long dialogue with the unconscious, determining how archetype and instinct enlarge ego-consciousness. Shalit provides us with a conceptual scaffold with which to examine the inner structures and assumptions that underpin our actions, discussions, loves and hates. Includes case material.
by Daryl Sharp
The Secret Raven: Conflict and Transformation
ISBN 0-919123-00-7. Illustrated. Index. 128 pp. 1980. $25.00
A concise illustration of the meaning and purpose of neurosis, with particular attention to puer psychology, anima and shadow, the mother complex, individuation and dream symbolism. Focus on the life of Franz Kafka.
Personality Types: Jung’s Model of Typology
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.
The Survival Papers: Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis
ISBN 0-919123-34-1. Index. 160 pp. 1988. $25.00
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