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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.)

  • Reading a great book right now called "The Way Beyond the Shaman: Birthing a New Earth Consciousness" by Barry Cottrell. Among other things, the author theorizes that the Ice Age was a critical factor in the crystallization of a new form of consciousness among humans, turning our early ancestors inward and away from their former sense of "participation mystique," of being imminently present and connected to nature and the world around them. This is a really great book that goes beyond talking about the basics of shamanism and really applies the deeper reality to our daily lives.
  • John Searle - Mind: A Brief Introduction (Fundamentals of Philosophy)

    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.
  • Gary Snyder : Practice of the Wild
    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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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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CG Jung and St. Teresa of Avila

I was wondering if anyone has come across anyone's writings which looks at Teresa of Avila's spirituality and ties it to any of Jung's theories?  I'm familiar with Clift's book "Jung & Christianity" (1982) as we had it in our college library.  I'm particulalry interested if anyone has any notions about "Self-Image and Transofrmation" (later in life) or "Transformational relationships". Carolyn Dunow (2009) writes of Jung's notions of 'enlightenment' in her latest paper (see attachment):  "We…

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Books on Female Shamansim

I just mentioned a couple of books in the Shamanism group during a discussion on  the history and culture of women shamans and thought I would post them here as well. They are both excellent: "The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Relgion and Medicine by Barbara Tedlock "Shakti Woman: Feeling our Fire, Healing our World-The New Female Shamanism" by Vicki Noble

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Winter Quarter 2010 Reading List for PhD in Depth Psych at Pacifica Graduate Institute

For your interest...Since someone just suggested it, I thought I would list a sampling of the books on the syllabi for upcoming coursework in PhD program in Depth Psych at Pacifica Graduate Institute:   Avens, R. (1984). The new gnosis: Heidegger, Hillman and angels. Woodstock, CT: Spring. Brooke, R. (2000). Pathways into the Jungian world: Phenomenology and analytical psychology. London ; New York: Routledge. Casement, A., & Tacey, D. (2006). The idea of the numinous: Contemporary Jungian and…

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