Great Mother - An Analysis of the Archetype

Summary

Neumann examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the ungraspable matrix, symbolized by the Great Mother.

Additional text

"Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind."

Product details

• Authors: Erich Neumann
• Assisted by: Ralph Manheim (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.08.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9780691097428
• ISBN: 978-0-691-09742-8
• No. of pages: 425
• Series: Bollingen Series; Bollingen Series (General); Bollingen Series; Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology; Works by Erich Neumann
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works