The Moon : Myth and Image

by Jules Cashford

. Cassell, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981

Genres: Mythology, Nonfiction, Nature, Paganism

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Jules is a writer and lecturer on Mythology with a background in Philosophy and Literature. She was a Supervisor in Literature at Cambridge for some years, before training as a Jungian Analyst. Jules is the author of The Moon: Symbol of Transformation (2016), Gaia: Story of Origin to Universe Story (The Gaia Foundation, 2012), The Mysteries of Osiris (2010), co-author of The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image (Penguin, 1993), and translator of The Homeric Hymns (Penguin Classics , 2003). She has written a number of booklets on the Imagination, made two films on the Early Northern Renaissance Painter, Jan van Eyck with Kingfisher Art Productions, and also an App and CD for young children called Songs of the Animals. She is a member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and a Fellow of the Temenos Academy.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I started out just going to the index to look things up piecemeal and ended up getting caught at one point about 2/3rds of the way through and reading to the end. I then went back to read the first third. You do not want to ask me any moon questions right now. I would bore you to tears with my current knowledge.

[Nora Rain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It would be nice to own it but the library will do.

It's well written, organised, and touches on a lot of subjects that are important.

You've really got to read this book in small doses though as there is so much content. I think because I only have it out for so long I wasn't able to absorb everything it had to offer but that only makes me look forward to rereading over and over again.

[Maria Ripoll Cera · Rating 1 out of 5]

La idea es buen, un libro erudito, histórico de leyendas y tradiciones, muy bien editado.
Pero es soporífero. Demasiado técnico sin tener que serlo. Le ha hecho falta un narrador que diera vida a sus textos.

[Dark-Draco · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, although it took a long time to get through. It explores how human minds have captured the moon in myths, legends and history. I learnt a lot, but was blown away by one of the ideas in it - that man would never have developed mind as we have without watching the moon, first noticing the continuous cycle it goes through and then calculating forwards to what phase it will be in, when. Amazing. The pictures and photos throughout the book are brilliant and I really liked the fact that some of them were reproduced in colour in the centre of the book. Definately one I will return to in the future, so it is joining my permanent reference shelves.