Ego and Archetype, Edward F. Edinger
Ego and Archetype, Edward F. Edinger
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Ego and Archetype
Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche

Author: Edward F. Edinger

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/28/2023


Synopsis

A medical psychiatrist and founding member of the Jung Foundation explores a pivotal part of analytical psychology: encountering the self through individuation

This book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art.

For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.

About Edward F. Edinger

Edward F. Edinger, 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by John on July 25, 2009

A Jungian therapist I talked with about this book encouraged me to pay special attention to the "Ego-Self Axis" concept that it presents. I can see the importance. Having just finished, though, my mind is still into the last section: a study from ancient alchemical texts about the philosopher's ston......more

Goodreads review by Owlseyes on January 10, 2018

(The Bollingen stone, carved by Jung) (The World Soul by Robert Fludd; “The Anima as personification of the ego-Self axis transmits guidance and support to the ego from the archetypal psyche”. ) (Jacob's ladder by William Blake) "The Self is the ordering (unifying) center of the total p......more

Goodreads review by Erik on December 06, 2013

My initial attraction to Jung and the Jungians was twofold. First, Jung himself seemed to intelligently address what I was experiencing under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Second, he seemed to offer some insight into religion, the Christian versions of which had surrounded and confounded me si......more