Hermes, ecopsychology, and complexity theory
Material type: TextSeries: (The dairy farmer's guide to the universe: 3)Carmel, CA Fisher King Press c2012Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 211p.; bibliog. notes; appendices; bibliog. refs.; indexContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 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)
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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....'
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