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The neurobiology of the gods : how brain physiology shapes the recurrent imagery of myth and dreams

By: Material type: TextTextLondon/New York Routledge c2012Description: 256p.; notes; bibliog.; index; appendixContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-415-67300-6
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Contents:
Part 1 - Definitions and foundations. 1 Symbols, biology, and depth psychology. 2 Foundation. 3 Mental images, symbolic images and "archetypal" images. Part 2 - Individual symbols. 4 Human and animal spirits. 5 The anima/feminine symbols. 6 The animus/masculine symbols. 7 The mother. 8 The father. 9 The child. 10 The shadow. 11 The dreamscape. 12 Deep archetypes - time, number, causation. 13 Complex recurrent symbols and self symbols. Part 3 - Conclusions. 14 Meaning. 15 Molecules to mandalas
Abstract: 'In this book psychiatrist Erik Goodwyn addresses these questions by reviewing the decades of research, putting together a compelling argument that the emotional imagery of myth and dreams can be traced to our deep brain physiology, and importantly, how a sensitive look at this data reveals why mythic or religious symbols are indeed more "godlike" than we might imagine.'
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Part 1 - Definitions and foundations. 1 Symbols, biology, and depth psychology. 2 Foundation. 3 Mental images, symbolic images and "archetypal" images. Part 2 - Individual symbols. 4 Human and animal spirits. 5 The anima/feminine symbols. 6 The animus/masculine symbols. 7 The mother. 8 The father. 9 The child. 10 The shadow. 11 The dreamscape. 12 Deep archetypes - time, number, causation. 13 Complex recurrent symbols and self symbols. Part 3 - Conclusions. 14 Meaning. 15 Molecules to mandalas

'In this book psychiatrist Erik Goodwyn addresses these questions by reviewing the decades of research, putting together a compelling argument that the emotional imagery of myth and dreams can be traced to our deep brain physiology, and importantly, how a sensitive look at this data reveals why mythic or religious symbols are indeed more "godlike" than we might imagine.'

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