TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwyn, Erik D
TI  - The neurobiology of the gods: : how brain physiology shapes the recurrent imagery of myth and dreams
SN  - 978-0-415-67300-6
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London/New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Symbolism (Psychology)
KW  - FAST
KW  - Mythology--Psychological aspects
KW  - Psychology--Religious aspects
KW  - Dreams
KW  - Physiology--Brain
KW  - Neuropsychology
KW  - Neurobiology
KW  - Neurosciences
N1  - Part 1 -  Definitions and foundations. 1 Symbols, biology, and depth psychology. 2 Foundation. 3 Mental images, symbolic images and "archetypal" images. Part 2 - Individual symbols. 4 Human and animal spirits. 5 The anima/feminine symbols. 6 The animus/masculine symbols. 7 The mother. 8 The father. 9 The child. 10 The shadow. 11 The dreamscape. 12 Deep archetypes - time, number, causation. 13 Complex recurrent symbols and self symbols. Part 3 - Conclusions. 14 Meaning. 15 Molecules to mandalas
N2  - 'In this book psychiatrist Erik Goodwyn addresses these questions by reviewing the decades of research, putting together a compelling argument that the emotional imagery of myth and dreams can be traced to our deep brain physiology, and importantly, how a sensitive look at this data reveals why mythic or religious symbols are indeed more "godlike" than we might imagine.'
ER  -