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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691017808

ISBN-139780691017808

eBay Product ID (ePID)939468

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Number of Pages624 Pages

Publication NameGreat Mother : an Analysis of the Archetype

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComparative Religion, Women's Studies, Goddess Worship

Publication Year1972

TypeTextbook

AuthorErich Neumann

Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science

SeriesWorks by Erich Neumann Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight30.1 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind." -- Journal of Analytical Psychology, Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind. -- Journal of Analytical Psychology, Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind., "Neumanns creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind."-- Journal of Analytical Psychology, "Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind."-- Journal of Analytical Psychology

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number5

Dewey Decimal291.214

SynopsisNeumann examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the ungraspable matrix, symbolized by the Great Mother., Neumann examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the ungraspable matrix, symbolized by 'The Great Mother'., Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness. This book examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time.