The Mythological Unconscious

Michael Vannoy Adams

• 15 december 2010
• 9780882145952

Samenvatting:

One of the most radical discoveries of Freud and Jung is that the unconscious is "mythological" û that ancient gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, and fabulous creatures are alive and well in the psyches of modern men and women. In The Mythological Unconscious, Michael Vannoy Adams provides numerous persuasive examples of how myths appear in contemporary dreams and fantasies, and he does so with erudition, wit, and eloquence. Adams's authoritative study is highly acclaimed. Novelist Peter Carey, two-time winner of the Booker Prize, has offered this praise: "A storehouse of wonder û flying white horses, unicorns, and centaurs. All the mythic creatures that haunt the modern psyche are here revealed in the clear, lovely light of Michael Vannoy Adams's prose. The Mythological Unconscious is a beautiful, funny, and profound book, an argument that the most inventive story-telling is to be found, not on our bookshelves, but in our unconscious."