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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150217403321

Titolo

Initiation : the living reality of an archetype / / edited by Thomas Kirsch, Virginia Beane Rutter and Thomas Singer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

0-203-94586-7

1-135-20648-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.8917

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Initiation rites

Archetype (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introductions -- part PART I The archetype of initiation and Joe Henderson -- chapter 1 In the footsteps: the story of an initiatory drawing by Dr. Joseph Henderson / Dr Joseph Henderson THOMAS SINGER -- chapter 2 Sitting with the old master / NEIL RUSSACK -- part PART II The archetype of initiation in clinical practice -- chapter 3 The archetypal paradox of feminine initiation in analytic work / VIRGINIA BEANE RUTTER -- chapter 4 Initiation as surrender: a twelve-year analysis / RICHARD STEIN -- part PART III The archetype of initiation in culture -- chapter 5 On modern initiation into the spiritual: a psychological view / MURRAY STEIN -- chapter 6 The traditional Plains Indian vision quest: initiation and individuation / DYANE N. SHERWOOD -- chapter 7 Hitchcock's rite of passage: a Jungian reading of North by Northwest / JOHN BEEBE -- part PART IV The archetype of initiation in aging and death -- chapter 8 Separation, sorrow, and initiation / BETTY DE SHONG MEADOR -- chapter 9 A meditation on death: Cast a cold eye / DAVID TRESAN.

Sommario/riassunto

This book builds on the vast clinical experience of Joseph L. Henderson, who became interested in initiatory symbolism when he began his analysis with Jung in 1929. Henderson studied this symbolism in patients' dreams, fantasies, and active imagination, and demonstrated



the archetype of initiation in both men and women's psychology. After Henderson's book was republished in 2005 Kirsch, Beane Rutter and Singer brought together this collection of essays to allow a new generation to explore the archetype of initiation.Initiation: The Living Reality of an Archetype demonstrates how the archetype of initiation is seen clinically today. Divided into distinct parts, the book explores the archetype of initiation in Dr Henderson's own life, as well as suggesting its importance in:clinical practicecultureaging and death.The chapters in this book amplify and extend the archetype of initiation from the earliest historical periods up to the present day. The editors argue that initiation symbolism often underlies contemporary phenomena, but is rarely recognized; Initiation helps to bring a new understanding to these experiences.This book will be of interest to psychotherapists with an interest in psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, as well as those training at analytic institutes.