The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture

The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture

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Gnosticism is far more than an ancient Christian and Jewish heresy. It arises in many religions as the belief in a radical dualism both in human beings and the cosmos: immateriality is perceived as good and matter as evil. Gnosticism often surfaces as a theme in contemporary cultural and psychological thought _ especially in the works of C. G. Jung. The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture is a collection of sixteen essays illuminating gnosticism in its relation to such issues as Jungian thought, the nature of evil, the place of the feminine, communism and fascism, existentialism, Christian scriptures, and Buddhism. The works of Kafka and T. S. Eliot are examined in detail. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Psychology and Contemporary Culture,Robert A. Segal,June Singer,Murray Stein,Open Court Publishing Company,0812692780,Gnosticism,Jungian psychology,Movements - Behaviorism,Psychoanalysis and religion,Psychology,Religion,Comparative religion,Cultural studies,Mysticism,Philosophy & theory of psychology,Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

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