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Erik D. Goodwyn

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in Washington, D.C., The United States

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Fantasy, Psychology, Young Adult

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J. R. R. Tolkien
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By day, Erik Goodwyn is a practicing psychiatrist and a scholar published in anthropology, dream analysis, mythology, ritual, philosophy, and archetypal psychology. He has been invited to give lectures in Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and all over the United States. But by night...his passion for the imagination in all its manifestations has led him to write award-winning fantasy fiction! He feels the symbolic and fantastical imagery of the imagination is the only way to depict some of the most important and mysterious truths of the human soul, as depicted in his Raven's Tale series. For more, visit his website at www.erikgoodwyn.com ...more

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Average rating: 4.38 · 78 ratings · 36 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	King of the Forgotten Darkness: A Raven's Tale Fantasy 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neurobiology of the Gods: How Brain Physiology Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach by Susan Greenwood, Erik D. Goodwyn (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Psychological Reading of the Anglo-Saxon Poem Beowulf: Understanding Everything As a Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simboluri vindecatoare in psihoterapie it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neurobiology of the Gods: How Brain Physiology Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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So, I recently posted a short video about the ‘damsel-in-distress’ trope, and I was griping about how it seems as though Hollywood thinks that this comes from fairytales. And of course, the problem with this trope is that when its in a story, the female character is essentially a treated like a prop. She has very little agency, and mainly is just a pretty prize for the male character to win throug Read more of this blog post »

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The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)

by Janny Wurts (Goodreads Author)

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Travels to the Otherworld and Other Fantastic Realms: Medieval Journeys into the Beyond

by Claude Lecouteux

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Sword of a Fallen Hero (Sword and the Dragon Book 1)

by Mike Soldano

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