The Unconscious Roots of Creativity

From whence spring the sparks of creativity? It is to this very question that the field of depth psychology--especially that of C.G. Jung and his intellectual descendants--has much to contribute.

Just as the Muses were the offspring of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, our memories are the ancestors of our creativity that finds its multifaceted expression in the written word, image, theater, dance, and music. The Unconscious Roots of Creativity seeks to push the investigation into that domain of memory that is beyond our conscious reach. With articles from 16 contributors, the "red thread" running through each of the offerings in this volume is that, whatever its ultimate expression, the creative impulse has its roots deep in the psyche.

Edited By Kathryn Madden, Leonard Cruz and Steven Buser with articles by Linda Carter, Anna Maria Costantino, Carol Thayer Cox, Leonard Cruz, Lisa Raye Garlock, James Hollis, Naomi Ruth Lowinsky, Ian Livingston, Kathryn Madden, Jordan S. Potash, Susan Rowland, Murray Stein, Ann Ulanov, Tjeu van den Berk, Robin van Loben Sels, and Heidi S. Volf.

Kathryn is the Editor of The Unconscious Roots of Creativity, and has been the Editor-in-Chief of Quadrant: The Journal of the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology for 12 years. She is a licensed psychoanalyst of Jungian and psychodynamic focus in private practice in NYC. Kathryn is the author of The Dark Light of the Soul (Lindisfarne), and was co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Psychology & Religion (Springer). Her 15-year tenure with The Journal of Religion & Health: Psychology, Spirituality & Medicine, (Springer) was honored, along with her staff, with The Distinguished Research & Writing Award presented by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Kathryn teaches as Associate Faculty at UTS/Columbia University and at Pacifica Graduate Institute in CA.