Depth Psychology, Cult Survivors, and the Role of the Daimon - Oppression, Agency, and Authenticity

This book explores the possibilities that exist for navigating out of and away from multiple levels of oppression through memoir-based research, via the idea of "the daimon" and perspectives of Jungian and post-Jungian depth psychology.

List of contents

Part I: The Perils of Psychological Colonization 1. A Vulnerable Kairos 2. Recollections of an Ancient Guide 3. Gaslighting the Divine: Spiritual Trauma and the Nature of a Cult Part II: A Pathway Out: Attuning Inward 4. Imaginal Ways of Knowing: Four Modes of Daimonic Expression 5. Awakening Instincts: From Doubt to Insight 6. Sensing from Within: Affective and Somatic Expressions of the Daimon 7. Turning Away: Oppositional Acts Part III: The Recovery of Authenticity: Depth Psychology and the Reclamation of the Self 8. The Shadow of Modern Western Culture 9. Nature, Nurture, and the Liminal: Parenting the Daimon 10. Healing the Sacred Wounds

About the author

Linda R. Quennec is a writer, educator, and depth psychotherapist. She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Depth Psychology, with specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies, from Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA.

Summary

This book explores the possibilities that exist for navigating out of and away from multiple levels of oppression through memoir-based research, via the idea of "the daimon" and perspectives of Jungian and post-Jungian depth psychology.

Product details

• Authors: Linda R. Quennec
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032547879
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254787-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Advances in Mental Health Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Philosophy, Psychotherapy, Organizational theory & behaviour, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Organizational theory and behaviour, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis