Books You Recommend to Others Outside the Field of Depth Psychology
I would love to hear what books have worked well for introducing others to a depth psychological perspective. My own book initiation into the opus of depth would have to be either Hillman and Ventura's "We've Had 100 years of Psychotherapy.." or Bill Plotkin's "Soulcraft."Those more nature-based wayfarers that I recommend Plotkin to always seem to share a jolt of energy and recognition with me. But more often, I seem to recommend James Hollis, either his "What Matters Most" or "Finding Meaning…
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Hi Bill: Synchronistically, I just ordered "The Origin and History of Consciousness" a few days ago! Haven't received it yet, and won't likely have 2 minutes to start reading it for a few more weeks--but am very excited about it now thanks to your comments. I do have Neumann's "Fear of the Feminine"--also good. It's funny that Neumann doesn't seem to have arrived at the same level of acclaim as other thinkers/writers of his era--especially when he was connected to Jung in so many ways. Perhaps it depends on who you're talking to...
At any rate, he takes a special place in my heart for bringing you to the Alliance. Now THAT's great synchronicity!
As for your degree in chemistry, what funny ways Life has with us! -- though one might say the archetypal Alchemy that lies beneath is very apropos....
The Origin and History of Consciousness - by Erich Neumann
I bought this (years ago) because I was simply attracted by the title. The best buy of my life! It introduced me to a entrely new (for me) insight in human thinking and feeling based on archetypes, symbols, mythology. It takes you on a journey to discover how the individual psyche finds itself back in the ancient mythologies and how the mythologies are projections of the unconsciousness. Of course all this is very familiar to the members of this Alliance. However I must say I am astonished that Erich Neumann is not mentioned anywhere in these web pages. This book and also his The Place of Creation made me recently go back to the internet for more and voila I landed in this Alliance.
You you'll find lots about Neumann on the internet (of course!) and to see all his books (with utterly tempting titles) go to www.alibris. com. for used books.
Sorry if this is all 'old hat' for you. I'm only a chemist! (by the way here is a little humour - a true story: I have a degree in Theoretical Chemistry. My colleagues at my university college were only too willing to explain the meaning: that I was a chemist in theory (only). (Just nasty jealousy I bet.)
it has a particularly different analytical philosophy flavor (it's not poetry) but his Chinese Room thought experiment is perfect for depth psychology, albeit accidentally.
Thomas Berry: The Great Work
and just now I am reading merleau -ponty: The visible and the Invisible and once you get the hang of his language it is pretty interesting.
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