ISBN: 9780691004594 - Ariadne's Clue: A Guide to the Symbols of Humankind (mythos: The Princeton/bollingen Series in World Mythology) (18 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Symbolism is the most powerful and ancient means of communication available to humankind. For centuries people have expressed their preoccupations and concerns through symbolism in the form of myths, stories, religions, and dreams. The meaning of symbols has long been debated among philosophers, antiquarians, theologians, and, more recently, anthropologists and psychologists. In "Ariadne's Clue, " distinguished analyst and psychiatrist Anthony Stevens explores the nature of symbols and explains how and why we create the symbols we do.The book is divided into two parts: an interpretive section that concerns symbols in general and a "dictionary" that lists hundreds of symbols and explains their origins, their resemblances to other symbols, and the belief systems behind them. In the first section, Stevens takes the ideas of C. G. Jung a stage further, asserting not only that we possess an innate symbol-forming propensity that exists as a creative and integral part of our psychic make-up, but also that the human mind evolved this capacity as a result of selection pressures encountered by our species in the course of its evolutionary history. Stevens argues that symbol formation has an adaptive function: it promotes our grasp on reality and in dreams often corrects deficient modes of psychological functioning. In the second section, Stevens examines symbols under four headings: "The Physical Environment, " "Culture and Psyche, " "People, Animals, and Plants, " and "The Body." Many of the symbols are illustrate in the book's rich variety of woodcuts. From the ancient symbol of the serpent to the archetypal masculine and feminine, from the earth to the stars, from the primordial landscape o the savannah to the mysterious depths of the sea, Stevens traces a host of common symbols back through time to reveal their psychodynamic functioning and looks at their deep-rooted effects on the lives of modern men, women, and children.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Symbolism is the most powerful and ancient means of communication available to humankind. For centuries people have expressed their preoccupations and concerns through symbolism in the form of myths, stories, religions, and dreams. The meaning of symbols has long been debated among philosophers, antiquarians, theologians, and, more recently, anthropologists and psychologists. In "Ariadne's Clue, " distinguished analyst and psychiatrist Anthony Stevens explores the nature of symbols and explains how and why we create the symbols we do.The book is divided into two parts: an interpretive section that concerns symbols in general and a "dictionary" that lists hundreds of symbols and explains their origins, their resemblances to other symbols, and the belief systems behind them. In the first section, Stevens takes the ideas of C. G. Jung a stage further, asserting not only that we possess an innate symbol-forming propensity that exists as a creative and integral part of our psychic make-up, but also that the human mind evolved this capacity as a result of selection pressures encountered by our species in the course of its evolutionary history. Stevens argues that symbol formation has an adaptive function: it promotes our grasp on reality and in dreams often corrects deficient modes of psychological functioning. In the second section, Stevens examines symbols under four headings: "The Physical Environment, " "Culture and Psyche, " "People, Animals, and Plants, " and "The Body." Many of the symbols are illustrate in the book's rich variety of woodcuts. From the ancient symbol of the serpent to the archetypal masculine and feminine, from the earth to the stars, from the primordial landscape o the savannah to the mysterious depths of the sea, Stevens traces a host of common symbols back through time to reveal their psychodynamic functioning and looks at their deep-rooted effects on the lives of modern men, women, and children.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book has a small spattering of spots to outside page block. Otherwise, book is in like new condition. Dust jacket has slight shelfwear to corners and along top edges. Faint rubbing to front/back covers. Otherwise, jacket is fully intact. No rips, creases, or other markings. All text and imagery clearly visible in full colour. Now in protective mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good Hardcover with dustjacket, some water damage, worn.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very Good condition Hardcover black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Includes numerous b/w illustrations, Bibliography, Glossary and Indices, 465 pages. The exception to the condition is ink underlines/notes scattered on appx. 38 pages. The DJ is in Near Fine condition in brodart.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First American edition 1999, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Princeton University Press. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, no shelfwear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings , no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ as new, bright, no tears, no chips, slightest shelfwear, not clipped. 8vo, 480 pages.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 480 pages.

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