Hermes, ecopsychology, and complexity theory
Merritt, Dennis L
Hermes, ecopsychology, and complexity theory - 1st ed - Carmel, CA Fisher King Press c2012 - xiv, 211p.; bibliog. notes; appendices; bibliog. refs.; index - (The dairy farmer's guide to the universe: 3) .
Volume 3 of 4.
1 Hermes and the gods. 2 The genesis of Hermes in the individual and in our culture. 3 The power of music. 4 Hermes and the cows. 5 On trial before Zeus. 6 Delineating Apollo's realm from Hermes' realm. 7 The sacred phallus and the guide of souls. 8 Hermes' wand as a symbol for ecopsychology. 9 Hermes and sex. 10 Hermes--god of ecopsychology and complexity theory. Appendix A - Dynamic systems theory. Appendix B - Bootstrapping the archetypes. Appendix C - The human as a situated embodied robot. Appendix D - A dynamic systems model of human development. Appendix E - Hermes as god of dynamic systems theory. Appendix F - Winnicott's transitional object. Appendix G - The sacred prostitute and the erotic feminine. Appendix H - The black goddess. Appendix I - Mercurius. Appendix J - The alchemical distum of Maria Prophetissa. Appendix K - Archetypal psychology and Aphrodite as the soul of the world
'An exegesis of the myth of Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle and the story of Hephaestus trapping Aphrodite and Ares in the act are used in ...Volume 3 to set a mythic foundation for Jungian ecopsychology....[The book} illustrates Hermes as the archetypal link to our bodies, sexuality, the phallus, the feminine, and the earth. Hermes' wand is presented as a symbol for ecopsychology. The appendices...develop the argument for the application of complexity theory to key Jungian concepts, displacing classical Jungian constructs problematic to the scientific and academic community....'
Paperback
9781926715445
Ecology
Nature
Jungian psychology
Environmental psychology
Hermes (Greek deity)
Music
Apollo (Deity)
Sex
Complexity (Philosophy)
Dynamics
Archetype (Psychology)
Transitional objects (Psychology)
Sacred prostitute
Women--Sexual behavior
Black virgin
Mercurius
Alchemy
Maria Prophetissa
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Hermes, ecopsychology, and complexity theory - 1st ed - Carmel, CA Fisher King Press c2012 - xiv, 211p.; bibliog. notes; appendices; bibliog. refs.; index - (The dairy farmer's guide to the universe: 3) .
Volume 3 of 4.
1 Hermes and the gods. 2 The genesis of Hermes in the individual and in our culture. 3 The power of music. 4 Hermes and the cows. 5 On trial before Zeus. 6 Delineating Apollo's realm from Hermes' realm. 7 The sacred phallus and the guide of souls. 8 Hermes' wand as a symbol for ecopsychology. 9 Hermes and sex. 10 Hermes--god of ecopsychology and complexity theory. Appendix A - Dynamic systems theory. Appendix B - Bootstrapping the archetypes. Appendix C - The human as a situated embodied robot. Appendix D - A dynamic systems model of human development. Appendix E - Hermes as god of dynamic systems theory. Appendix F - Winnicott's transitional object. Appendix G - The sacred prostitute and the erotic feminine. Appendix H - The black goddess. Appendix I - Mercurius. Appendix J - The alchemical distum of Maria Prophetissa. Appendix K - Archetypal psychology and Aphrodite as the soul of the world
'An exegesis of the myth of Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle and the story of Hephaestus trapping Aphrodite and Ares in the act are used in ...Volume 3 to set a mythic foundation for Jungian ecopsychology....[The book} illustrates Hermes as the archetypal link to our bodies, sexuality, the phallus, the feminine, and the earth. Hermes' wand is presented as a symbol for ecopsychology. The appendices...develop the argument for the application of complexity theory to key Jungian concepts, displacing classical Jungian constructs problematic to the scientific and academic community....'
Paperback
9781926715445
Ecology
Nature
Jungian psychology
Environmental psychology
Hermes (Greek deity)
Music
Apollo (Deity)
Sex
Complexity (Philosophy)
Dynamics
Archetype (Psychology)
Transitional objects (Psychology)
Sacred prostitute
Women--Sexual behavior
Black virgin
Mercurius
Alchemy
Maria Prophetissa
Aphrodite (Greek deity)