Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche

Edward F. Edinger

ISBN 10: 0140217282 / ISBN 13: 9780140217285

Published by Penguin Books November 1973, 1973

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche
• Publisher: Penguin Books November 1973
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140217282
• ISBN 13: 9780140217285
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in ytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.