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analytical psychology
Ancient Gnosticism
ancient spirituality and modern psychology
Angelus Silesius
archetypal theory
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Child Savior
Christian Alchemical Symbolism
codex
collective
comparative religion
Coptic Museum
CW.
dead
Ego Consciousness
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gilles
Gilles Quispel
Gnostic Basilides
Gnostic Myths
Gnostic Symbols
Hieros
Hieros Gamos
Hoi Polloi
Johannes De Rupescissa
Jung Codex
Kena Upanishad
Lapis Christ Parallel
Modern Gnosticism
myth
myth interpretation
Nag Hammadi
psychological symbolism
quispel
Sacrificium
Sacrificium Intellectus
Sermon II
sermons
seven
spiritual transformation
Summum Bonum
symbolism
unconscious
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9781138140141
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Gnosticism was for C.G. jung the chief prefiguration of his analytical psychology. In this volume Robert Segal, an authority on theories of myth and Gnosticism, has searched the Jungian corpus for Jung's main discussions of this ancient form of spirituality. The progression in Gnosticism from sheer bodily existence to the release of the immaterial spark imprisoned in the body - and the reunion of that spark with the godhead - represents for Jung the psychological progression from ego consciousness to the ego's rediscovery of the unconscious, and the ego's integration with the unconscious to forge the self.
Included in this volume are both Jung's sole work devoted entirely to Gnosticism, "Gnostic Symbols of the Self," and his own Gnostic myth, "Seven Sermons to the Dead." The book also contains key essays by Father Victor White and Gilles Quispel, whose "C.G. Jung und die Gnosis" is here translated for the first time. In his extensive introduction Segal discusses the parallel for Jung between ancient Gnostic and contemporary Jungian patients, the Jungian meaning of Gnostic myths and of the Seven Sermons, Jung's possible misinterpretation of Gnosticism, and the common characterization of Jung himself as a Gnostic.
