Meaning and Being in MythPenn State Press, 2010 M11 1 |
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... Hero of the Anima I. The Paradigm II . The Hero 5 The Divine Presence in the Iliad 6 Hamlet's Hungry Ghost 7 The Empirical Stranger 8 The Universal Self Notes Bibliography Index xi 1 11 31 49 49 65 85 109 109 112 135 153 173 193 197 219 ...
... Hero of the Anima I. The Paradigm II . The Hero 5 The Divine Presence in the Iliad 6 Hamlet's Hungry Ghost 7 The Empirical Stranger 8 The Universal Self Notes Bibliography Index xi 1 11 31 49 49 65 85 109 109 112 135 153 173 193 197 219 ...
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... hero , myth as allegory , myth as a disease of language — each theory seemed cogent in its time , until a newer theorist arose to discount the more simplistic theories of his predecessors . Was it an adequate service to myth merely to ...
... hero , myth as allegory , myth as a disease of language — each theory seemed cogent in its time , until a newer theorist arose to discount the more simplistic theories of his predecessors . Was it an adequate service to myth merely to ...
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... hero's quest for self - realization so very different from the salmon's ecstatic ascent to its birthplace , which , once achieved , becomes its burial ground ? If we admire Achilles more than the salmon , it is because we can penetrate ...
... hero's quest for self - realization so very different from the salmon's ecstatic ascent to its birthplace , which , once achieved , becomes its burial ground ? If we admire Achilles more than the salmon , it is because we can penetrate ...
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... heroes to their gods ? —yet I cannot believe that the icons of myth derive only from our individual , postnatal ex- periences . Each of our cells is a descendant of the first living cell , and even after millions of years of ...
... heroes to their gods ? —yet I cannot believe that the icons of myth derive only from our individual , postnatal ex- periences . Each of our cells is a descendant of the first living cell , and even after millions of years of ...
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... hero's combat with the ancient chaos demon . Here , however , Behemoth and Leviathan , though acknowledged as the primordial Adversary , are not stigmatized , but celebrated as chief among the works of the Creator . The serpent , who ...
... hero's combat with the ancient chaos demon . Here , however , Behemoth and Leviathan , though acknowledged as the primordial Adversary , are not stigmatized , but celebrated as chief among the works of the Creator . The serpent , who ...
Contents
The Numinous Ground | 11 |
Jobs Noble Euphemism | 31 |
Hesiods Archaic Cosmology | 49 |
Pandora and the Revenge of the Mind | 65 |
The Serpent in the Garden | 85 |
Herakles The Hero of the Anima | 109 |
The Hero | 112 |
The Divine Presence in Homers Iliad | 135 |
Hamlets Hungry Ghost | 153 |
The Empirical Stranger | 173 |
The Universal Self | 193 |
Notes | 197 |
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Achilles Adversary Agamemnon alienation ancient myths anger Apollo archetypal Athena becomes biological birth Book of Job calls chaos demon Chryses combat consciousness corpse cosmology created cult curse death Deianeira Delphi desire discovers dragon dream earth ego's emotions enemy epiphany euphemism Euripides Eurystheus evil father fear Fontenrose 1959 Freud function Gaia ghost God's Greek ground Hamlet Hera Hera's Herakles hero hero's Hesiod Hesiod's myth Homer's honor human I-Thou ideal Iliad imagination intuition Iphitos Job's Jung killed king Lacan Leviathan libido living Māyā meaning Meursault mind mode modern mother murder mythical narcissism nature negate Neleus neocortex numinous object Olympians Olympos Omphale Pandora play poem Priam Prometheus psyche Python reveals revenge sacrifice Satan says sciousness serpent signifiers sky gods smile snake Sophocles soul superego tabu takes Theogony thought tion trans transcending translates Typhon unconscious University Press vision warrior wife women Zeus