Imagination in the Western Psyche

Imagination in the Western Psyche
Author: Jonathan Erickson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429537530

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Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience offers a comprehensive treatment of the human imagination by integrating the rich discourse on imagination in the humanities with modern neuroscientific research. This book is the first to offer an integrated understanding of imagination from both a humanistic (i.e., historical, philosophical, cultural, depth psychological) and scientific perspective. The book presents neurobiological accounts that align with prominent theories in Jungian and archetypal psychology and offers a window into the many ways imagination can be understood. It elaborates on the discourse on imagination in Western civilization that goes back thousands of years. Chapters analyze how imagination has been considered throughout history and contrasts a modern neuroscientific approach that looks at imagination by studying its component parts without addressing the phenomenon in all its experiential richness and complexity. By bringing these two approaches together an account of the human imagination emerges that is grounded in scientific rigor without diminishing the fullness of human experience. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of analytical psychology, depth psychology, Jungian studies, and psychotherapy

Imagination Is Reality

Imagination Is Reality
Author: Roberts Avens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9780882140933

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This small book is the first comprehensive essay to place archetypal psychology within a major tradition of modern thought-the tradition of mythical thinking-and to recognize imagination as the primal force and basic reality of human life. By drawing upon the writings of four twentieth-century thinkers, Roberts Avens clarifies the post-Jungian direction of psychology as it moves toward poetic and polytheistic imagination. He then compares the radical achievements of this direction in resolving the 'ego-question' with the methods and ideas of the East: Buddhism, Tantrism, Zen, and Vedanta. Avens's grasp of understanding, easy familiarity with his subject, and refined insights together make this book an introductory text and an advance into new territory.

The World of the Imagination

The World of the Imagination
Author: Eva T. H. Brann
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 843
Release: 2016-11-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 144227364X

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In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.

Old Wise Woman

Old Wise Woman
Author: Rix Weaver
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2001-05-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1570626197

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This book was one of the first works made available to a general readership on the subject of Active Imagination—a technique developed by C. G. Jung in which the imaginal world is entered deliberately while awake in order to gain self-knowledge and resolve conflicts. In it, Rix Weaver presents an account of her work of Active Imagination with one of her analysands—a process that began with a dream and yielded a personal myth, recounted here with amplification and commentary.

The Old Wise Woman

The Old Wise Woman
Author: Rix Weaver
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1964
Genre: Imagination
ISBN:

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Imagination and Thinking

Imagination and Thinking
Author: Peter McKellar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1967
Genre: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN:

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