The mythological unconscious / Michael Vannoy Adams.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-458) and index.

1 Psycho-mythology: Meschugge?. 2 Dreams and fantasies: manifestations of the mythological unconscious. 3 African-American dreaming and "The lion in the path": racism and the cultural unconscious. 4 "Hapless" the centaur: an archetypal image, amplification, and active imagination. 5 Pegasus and visionary experience: from the white winged horse to the "flying red horse". 6 The bull, the labyrinth, and the minotaur: from archaeology to "archetypology" (with an apology to Ariadne). 7 Griffins, gold, and dinosaur fossils: mythology and "fantastic paleontology". 8 Dreaming of a unicorn: a comparison of Lacanian and Jungian interpretation. 9 "Destiny" and the call to heroism: a dream of vocation and individuation

'A scintillating book. Clinically sensitive, intellectually sophisticated, and a born communicator, Adams once more challenges the psychoanalytic world to reevaluate core issues, and makes us conscious of just how omnipresent ancient myths are in the modern psyche.' --Andrew Samuels

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