Fathers and mothers

1st ed. published in Zurich by Spring Pubs., 1973. Ed. and with preface by Patricia Berry.

Jung, Carl Gustav. 1875-1961. Works : Psychological Aspects of The Mother Archetype : p231-259.. Puer Aeternus : Hillman, James: The great mother, her son, her hero, and the puer. Also Hillman's note to the reader, pxi-xii, p166-209.. Fairy Tales - Themes, Motives : Schectman, Jackie: The step-mother in fairytales, p136-162.. Stepmothers : Schectman, Jackie: The step-mother in fairytales, p136-162.. Saturn : Hillman, J.: On senex consciousness; Vitale, A.: The archetype of Saturn or the transformation of the father, p18-36; p37-68.

1 The hunger for the king in a time with no father - Robert Bly. 2 On senex consciousness - James Hillman. 3 The archetype of Saturn or the transformation of the father - Augusto Vitale. 4 Mother as patriarch; redeeming the parents as the healing of oneself - Marion Woodman. 5 What's the matter with mother? - Patricia Berry. 6 The bad mother; an archetypal approach - James Hillman. 7 Mother and child; some teachings of desire - Mary Watkins. 8 The step-mother in fairytales; bereavement and the feminine shadow - Jackie Schectman. 9 A child bride - Ursula K. Le Guin. 10 The great mother, her son, her hero, and the puer - James Hillman. 11 On the moon and matriarchal consciousness - Erich Neumann. 12 The psychological aspects of the mother archetype - C.G. Jung

'Archetypal, personal, and clinical detail reaches toward the poetic and mythic as these writers imagine their topic.' Twelve essays with an archetypal background of family psychology. Three of the five essays from the first edition are included: Vitale's The archetype of Saturn, Hillman's The Great Mother..., Neumann's On the moon and matriarchal consciousness.

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