The Sacred Thread:: The Development of Personality According to Hindu Traditions and Jungian - Softcover

Rudolf Hogger

9789937623209: The Sacred Thread:: The Development of Personality According to Hindu Traditions and Jungian

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ISBN 10: 9937623200 ISBN 13: 9789937623209

Publisher: Vajra Books, 2014

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Language: English
Pages: 214 (Throughout Color Illustrations)

About this book

The Sacred Thread is an ancient symbol of the invisible tie that links all living beings among each other as well as with their transcendental source of origin (sfitratman). In the Eastern tradition, women and men are considered to be mature personalities only if they not only fulfil their practical everyday duties, but also orient their lives towards a cosmic spiritual reality.

Rudolf Flogger, a Swiss psychologist who has spent much time of his life in Nepal and India, has accompanied a seven years old Hindu boy on his path of initiation (upanayan) into this spiritual realm. In the present account, he not only describes a number of symbols and rituals which were instrumental in the process, but also draws parallels to many elements from the Buddhist, Jewish, Christian as well as Muslim traditions and offers respective interpretations in the light of Jungian psychology. Thus, the book builds helpful bridges between different cultures and religions, between East and West, between modernity and tradition. It ecourages the reader to discover new meaning in his own religious practice and cultural environment.

Foreword

Combining his deep knowledge of Hindu and Buddhist traditions with his equally extensive experience in psychology, Dr Hoggers has over the last two decades made a major contribution by bringing analytical psychology to a wider audience in South Asia. His latest book, on the Sacred Thread, comes to us at a very particular moment in history. It is a time in which our understanding of the sacred is being remained both inside and outside of traditional cultural and religious forms.

All who have met him, here and elsewhere in the region have been struck not only by what h

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