Subtitle:
Understanding the psychology of joy
Place of Publication:
San Francisco, California
Publisher:
Harper & Row, Publishers
Copyright Date:
1987
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
0062504274
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
BF 575 .H27 J64 1987
Accession Number:
000840
Keyword Subject Headings:
Ecstasy--Psychological aspects
Joy--Psychological aspects.
Dionysus (Greek deity)--Mythological and psycholgical aspects
Feminine psychology
Androgyny--Psycholgical aspects
Active imagination (Jungian psychology)
Dreams--Interpretation
Ritual / Ceremony
Joy--Psychological aspects.
Dionysus (Greek deity)--Mythological and psycholgical aspects
Feminine psychology
Androgyny--Psycholgical aspects
Active imagination (Jungian psychology)
Dreams--Interpretation
Ritual / Ceremony
User Notes:
Hardbound; xii + 100 pp., including bibliographic references in endnotes.
Contents:
The worlds of psychology and myth
Part I: Ecstasy: Understanding the psychology of joy
1. The myth of Dionysus
2. What is ecstasy?
3. The rise and fall of Dionysus
4. The side of ecstasy
5. Celebration of ecstasy
6. Women and Dionysus: Celebration of life
7. Androgyny: The union of male and female
8. The return of the scapegoat
9. Filled with light or filled with air?
10. The God connection
Part II: Touching ecstasy
11. Active imagination: Meeting the archetype
12. Dreamwork: Working with the archetype
13. Ritual and ceremony: Bringing joy home
Epilogue
Notes
