TY - BOOK AU - Edinger,Edward F. TI - Ego and archetype; individuation and the religious function of the psyche PY - 1972/// CY - NY PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons KW - Bible KW - FAST KW - Jungian psychology--Religious aspects--Christianity KW - Individuation (Psychology) KW - Self (Jungian Concept) KW - Ego (Psychology) KW - Inflation, Psychic KW - Alienation (Social psychology) KW - Bible. Job KW - Bible. Old Testament KW - Criticism Interpretation etc KW - Christian Art and Symbolism KW - Jesus Christ KW - Trinity KW - Symbolism of Quaternity KW - Metaphysics KW - Symbolism of Blood KW - Alchemy--Psychological aspects KW - Symbolism of Stone KW - Symbolism of Wine KW - Dionysus (Greek deity) N1 - Pub. for the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology; Part 1 Individuation and the stages of development. The inflated ego. The alienated ego. Encounter with the Self. Part 2 Individuation as a way of life. The search for meaning. Christ as paradigm of the individuated ego. Being an individual. The trinity archetype and the dialectic of development. Part 3 Symbols of the goal. Metaphysics and the unconscious. The blood of Christ. The philosophers' stone N2 - '...according to Jung, "it is the prime task of all education (of adults) to convey the archetype of the God-image or its emanations and effects to the conscious mind." This book is concerned with that purpose. Following Jung, it is the author's conviction that successful psychotherapy depends ultimately on a conscious encounter between the ego and the archetypal image of God. The resulting dialogue between ego and archetype is the essential feature of individuation....' ER -