Unholy hungers : encountering the psychic vampire in ourselves and others
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TextBoston Shambhala c1996Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 264 p 23 cm bib. refs and indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1570621810
- Manipulative Behavior
- Tales--Psychological Aspects
- Control (Psychology)
- Relationship, Psychological
- Vampires--Psychology
- Dracula, Count (Fictitious Character)
- Motion Pictures--Psychological Aspects
- Theater--Psychological Aspects
- Charisma (Personality trait)
- Fathers and Daughters
- Snow White
- Oedipus
- Perseus
- Gorgons (Greek mythology)
- Medea
- Gawain (Legendary character)
- Love--Psychological Aspects
- Mothers and Sons
- Victims--Psychology
- Men--Psychology
- Women--Psychology
- Actors
- Acting
- Perfection--Psychological Aspects
- BF632.5 .H67 1996
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Dracula, Count (Fictitious Character) : 'Dracula epitomizes the empowered masculine vampire' - p45, p34-45.. Film : Silence of The Lambs : 'The Silence of the Lambs contains at least four forms of the masculine psychic vampire...' - p48, p45-48.. Charisma : The charismatic masculine vampire, p48-55.. Fathers and Daughters : Vampirism and the father-daughter relationship, p63-66.. Mothers and Sons : Chapt. 4: Vampirism and the mother-son relationship.. Williams, Tennessee. 1911-1983 : Glass Menagerie : A modern story of feminine vampirism. 'The feminine vampire's capacity for guilt-inducing martyrdom is described with excruciating precision. The daughter Laura, bled to the point of transparency by her mother...', p85-93.. Performance Art : Audience/performer vampirism, p189-192.. Perfection -- Psychological Aspects : Vampiric perfectionism, p192-197.. Musical : Gypsy. Film : Picture of Dorian Gray. Williams, Tennessee. 1911-1983 : Glass Menagerie
Chapt. 1: Meeting the psychic vampire. The vampire as archetype and human experience; the profile of a psychic vampire; The essence of the psychic vampire; Recognizing the psychic vampire; Becoming a psychic vampire; Why we allow the vampire to feed on us.. Chapt. 2: Masculine vampires and feminine victims. Chapt. 3: Feminine vampires and feminine victims. Snow White, p74-82. Gypsy ( 1959) (Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim), p93-102.. Chapt. 4: Feminine vampires and masculine victims. Oedipus Rex, p114-122; Perseus, the Gorgon-killer, p139-146. Chapt. 5: Masculine vampires and masculine victims. The Picture of Dorian Gray, p156-173.. Chapt. 6: The redemption of love: giving up Dracula for Sir Gawain. Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell, p233-251;
'An exploration of the vampire archetype in myth, film, literature, and within many personal relationships - the people who never received love, who settle for power instead, and become experts at robbing others of their vital energy.'
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