The Great Mother

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An Analysis of the Archetype

By Erich Neumann

Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

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The Great Mother by Erich Neumann explores the archetype of the maternal figure across cultures and its profound impact on the human psyche. Through a blend of analytical psychology and mythology, Neumann examines how this powerful symbol manifests in both benevolent and destructive forms. The work delves into the significance of the maternal archetype in shaping individual and collective consciousness.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the archetype of the feminine and its profound influence on human psychology and culture. This work delves into symbolic representations and myths, offering a deep exploration of the universal motifs associated with the feminine from a Jungian perspective.

The Great Mother

This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical psychologist Erich Neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistory. He shows how the feminine has b

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This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here, the renowned analytical psychologist Erich Neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistory.

He shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon, sun, vessel, and every animal from snakes to birds. Neumann discerns a universal experience of the maternal as both nurturing and fearsome, an experience rooted in the dialectical relation of growing consciousness, symbolised by the child, to the unconscious and the unknown, symbolised by the Great Mother.

Featuring a new foreword by Martin Liebscher, this Princeton Classics edition of The Great Mother introduces a new generation of readers to this profound and enduring work.

Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

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The Great Mother by Erich Neumann has been praised for its creative intuition and insightful analysis, offering a profound understanding of the psychological history of humanity, according to the Journal of Analytical Psychology.

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ISBN: 9780691166070

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Edition: Revised edition

Illustration: 185 halftones. 74 line illus.

Contributors:

Translated by Ralph Manheim
Foreword by Martin Liebscher
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Translated by Ralph Manheim

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 624

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Education & Reference Erich Neumann Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

About the Author

Erich Neumann (190560), a psychologist and philosopher, was born in Berlin and lived in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death. His books include The Origins and History of Consciousness, The Fear of the Feminine, and Amor and Psyche (all Princeton). Martin Liebscher is associate professor at the School of European Languages, Culture, and Society at University College London.

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