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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956446003321

Autore

Marlan Stanton

Titolo

The black sun : the alchemy and art of darkness / / Stanton Marlan ; foreword by David H. Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-299-05221-5

1-60344-585-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; ; no. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenDavid H

Disciplina

150.19/54

Soggetti

Jungian psychology

Alchemy - Psychological aspects

Shadow (Psychoanalysis)

Self

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Light""; ""Chapter 2 The Descent into Darkness""; ""Chapter 3 Analysis and the Art of Darkness""; ""Chapter 4 Lumen Naturae The Light of Darkness Itself""; ""Chapter 5 The Black Sun Archetypal Image of the Non-Self""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Marlan looks at the intrinsic importance of the black sun to the human psyche and the meaning of darkness in Western culture. Using clinical cases, the literature of Goethe and Dante, and the art of Rothko and Reinhardt, he explores the influence of light and shadow on the fundamental structures of modern thought as well as the contemporary practice of analysis. "The Black Sun "offers insight into modernity, the act of imagination, and the work of analysis in understanding depression, trauma, and transformation of the soul.