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The Great Mother (Mythos Books) Reprint Edition
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Neumann examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the ungraspable matrix, symbolized by the Great Mother.
- ISBN-100300070357
- ISBN-13978-0691017808
- EditionReprint
- PublisherPrinceton University Press
- Publication dateJuly 1, 1972
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Print length432 pages
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- ASIN : 0691017808
- Publisher : Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (July 1, 1972)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0300070357
- ISBN-13 : 978-0691017808
- Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #173,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #323 in Mythology (Books)
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- #5,210 in Psychology & Counseling
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020Got the book in good time. Am reading it because of a recent conversation I watched on the web:
a discussion between Camille Paglia and Jordan Peterson. I'm a follower of Wilhelm Reich and will
be interested in what the book offers,
- Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014This book is remarkable on both scholastic and intuitive levels. Be borne past the barriers of time
and space into the Motherlore, and into the deepest understanding of what our inner knowledge
tells us. Here is a sense of who we are that is vital to our present day.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014Deep and reach. A great poem/
- Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012It's a fantastic way to understand the mythos about our religion today and how has changed our point of view about God. It's a must fot every Humanities student interested in mythology and religion.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013Come on!!!
I should have the book a month ago!!
Please solve this or return my money back.
This is not too serious..
- Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2006Neumann's book is really a masterpiece. I reccomend reading it after The origins and history of consciousness, where he traces the evolution of the male archetype. Neumann was probably the most freudian of all Jungian disciples. He also introduced some variations in the jungian theories. For example, he stated (read the first chapter of the great mother) that the archetype of the hero represents the evolution of consciousness and the great mother the evolution of the unconscious. This is a somehow different view from Jung's contrasexual identities. Neumann's effort in the great mother is so huge that deserves a place of privilege in the litterature of mythological interpretations. Though I think it is important not to read it literally, but symbolically, letting the images inspire your imagination.
Though today other jungians, and especially Hillman get the honors of scholars and psychologists alike, Neumann's systematic work is an invaluable resource that preluded in the jungian field later discoveries in the freudian school such as those of Balint, Winnicott or Margaret Mahler.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2000The Great Mother is an absolute must-have for anyone intersted in mythology, Jungian psychology or even literary analysis.
Part I is quite heavy in termonology and complex archtypal ideas; part II is more accessable and can be read and enjoyed without part I. As a feminist, I found it fascinating to learn about the different aspects of the goddess. I especially enjoyed the chapter called "Lady of the Beasts" which discusses the different animals associated with the Great Mother and their symbolic significance. Even if you don't subcribe to Jungian psychology, this book is a fascinating look into the human mind.
Finally, there's 185 pages of photographs and drawings at the end of the book -- fascinating to thumb through!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2014Difficult to read, but a fantastic read if you have the patience.
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- julian clarkReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2015
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