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Greek myth and Christian mystery

By: Material type: TextTextNew York Biblo and Tannen 1971Description: xxii, 399p.; ill.;bibliog. notes; indexContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 8196-0270-1
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Contents:
Foreword - E.O. James. Part 1 - Mysterion. 1 Christian mysteries and pagan mysteries. 2 The mystery of the cross. 3 The mystery of baptism. 4 The Christian mystery of sun and moon. Part 2 - The healing of the soul. 5 Moly and mangragora in pagan and Christian symbolism. Part 3 - Holy Homer. 6 The willow branch of the next world. 7 Odysseus at the mast
Abstract: '...Behind the concealing images of Greek mythology I seek to trace a way of ascent to the heights of Christian illumination. Hence the book's title....' --Preface, p. xviii
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Foreword by E.O. James.. German text c1957 as Griechische Mythen in christlicher Deutung by Rhein-Verlag.. English translation by Brian Battershaw c1963 by Burns and Oates Ltd.. 1971 reprint by Biblio & Tannen Booksellers and Publishers, Inc., New York, by arrangement with Harper & Row.

There are 7 listings for Jung in the index.. The foreword states that two essays--Moly and Mora--in the second part of the book were originally contributed to a collection in honour of Jung published in the Eranos Jahrbuch, year unspecified.

Foreword - E.O. James. Part 1 - Mysterion. 1 Christian mysteries and pagan mysteries. 2 The mystery of the cross. 3 The mystery of baptism. 4 The Christian mystery of sun and moon. Part 2 - The healing of the soul. 5 Moly and mangragora in pagan and Christian symbolism. Part 3 - Holy Homer. 6 The willow branch of the next world. 7 Odysseus at the mast

'...Behind the concealing images of Greek mythology I seek to trace a way of ascent to the heights of Christian illumination. Hence the book's title....' --Preface, p. xviii

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