Women and Dionysus - Appearances and Exile in History, Culture, and Myth

Women and Dionysus links repression of the Dionysian spirit in Western culture with the rise of the patriarchy over the course of two millennia. It effectively draws the connection between Dionysus and women throughout history, with examples from cultures both past and present, and the author's own experiences.

List of contents

1. Dionysian Body 2. The Approach of Dionysus to Older Women 3. Dionysus in Mythology 4. Carnival as Temenos 5. Dionysus in the Early Middle Ages 6. Women Mystics 7. Dionysus Underground 8. Dionysus in Projection 9. Dionysian Women 10. Jean Houston's Mythic Life 11. Dionysus Appears, Again 12. Dionysus Rampant: Haight-Ashbury at its Highest 13. Burning Man: Dionysia into the 21st Century 14. Return of Dionysus Today 15. Apollo/Dionysus Masculine/Feminine Yin/Yang

About the author

Maggy Anthony studied at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Zurich Clinic and Research Center for Jungian Psychology, and is a former family therapist at St. Mary's Medical Center/Maclean Center for Addictions and Behavioral Health in Nevada, USA. She is the author of several books, including Salome's Embrace: The Jungian Women (Routledge, 2018) and currently resides in Nevada.

Summary

Women and Dionysus links repression of the Dionysian spirit in Western culture with the rise of the patriarchy over the course of two millennia. It effectively draws the connection between Dionysus and women throughout history, with examples from cultures both past and present, and the author’s own experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Maggy Anthony, Anthony Maggy
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781138610453
• ISBN: 978-1-138-61045-3
• No. of pages: 94
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 120 g
• Series: Routledge Focus on Analytical Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis