Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche

Edinger, Edward F.

ISBN 10: 0140217282 / ISBN 13: 9780140217285

Published by Penguin Books, 1973

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140217282
• ISBN 13: 9780140217285
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 8 ounces

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Edward F. Edinger, M.D., a founding member of the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology in New York, is the author of many books on Jungian psychology, including The Eternal Drama and Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy.