Sacred Disobedience - A Jungian Analysis of the Saga of Pan and the Devil

This book traces the Greek Goat God Pan who became distorted into the image of the Devil in early Christianity. It offers a Jungian analysis of the repression, distortion, recovery, and reintegration of what Jung calls the "Shadow," as represented by the Goat God.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

List of Captions

Introduction

Chapter 1 Jungian Theory: The Archetype of the "Shadow"

Chapter 2 Unio Mystica: Pan the Ancient Goat God

Chapter 3 Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Renunciate Trajectory the Smooth and the Rough

Chapter 4 Complexio Oppositorum: The Dystopian Trajectory

Chapter 5 Born From a Divided Cosmos, Christians Renounce the World

Chapter 6 Return of the Repressed

Chapter 7 Coniunctio Oppositorum: Sympathy for the Devil

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Further Reading

About the Author

About the author

Sharon L. Coggan is associate professor, Clinical Teaching Track at the University of Colorado Denver and serves as Director of the Religious Studies Program, which she created.

Summary

This book traces the Greek Goat God Pan who became distorted into the image of the Devil in early Christianity. It offers a Jungian analysis of the repression, distortion, recovery, and reintegration of what Jung calls the “Shadow,” as represented by the Goat God.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon L. Coggan
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781793606563
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-656-3
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Psychology, RELIGION / Ancient, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology, Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ancient religions & mythologies