Ego and Archetype
By (Author) Edward F. Edinger
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Shambhala Publications Inc
Shambhala Publications Inc
13th June 1991
1st May 1993
United States
General
Non Fiction
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology
Popular psychology
150.1954
Paperback
328
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 23mm
499g
Examines an individual's journey toward psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Regarded as a task of the second half of life, individuation brings the ego into a conscious and balanced relationship with the self, the organizing principle of the total psyche. Edward Edinger traces the stages of this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myths, dreams and art. In particular he explores the relationship between Jung's concept of individuation and Christianity, revealing the relevance of Christian symbolism for the modern psyche. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The resulting dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.
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.