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The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology: The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth, Inácio Cunha explores the motif of lower limbs by amplifying their symbolism from a wide range of source materials, including an intriguing statuette from prehistoric Brazilian culture.
List of contents
Forward.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: The lower limbs in the context of evolution
Chapter 2: The occurrence of lower limbs in mythology
The lower limbs and cosmogony
The injury of the lower limbs as opposition to progress
The mark of the lower limbs as an indication of a transforming destiny
Ulysses
Achilles
Oedipus
Jacob
The marked lower limb as a sign for creativity
The projection of the creative power on to the lower limbs
Chapter 3: The one-footedness
Chapter 4: An image materialized
Tracking the statuette
The universe of icons
Chapter 5: The Tapajoara statuette
The statuette and the Beyond
The statuette's religious body
Chapter 6: The statuette's foot
The issue of the toes
The statuette and the Uroborus
Chapter 7: Final Considerations
About the author
Inácio Cunha, PhD, is a Jungian analyst based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He trained in Switzerland and the USA .
Summary
In The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology: The Girl with Her Big Toe in Her Mouth, Inácio Cunha explores the motif of lower limbs by amplifying their symbolism from a wide range of source materials, including an intriguing statuette from prehistoric Brazilian culture.
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"If you ever wondered what it meant psychologically to dream of or to hurt any part of your lower limbs, this book will be a source of enlightenment, and a fun read. Cunha masterfully examines these images as he takes you on a journey through the world of symbols and archetypes to explore their meaning in significant cultural stories and through the mythology of ancient and indigenous cultures. One learns a lot about individuation along the way." - Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D., Jungian analyst, USA; author of The Dream and its Amplification
