Mythologems: Incarnations of the Invisible World

Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts #109

by James Hollis

Tales told by shadowy elders around ancient campfires offered both explanation and comfort. Life hasn’t changed that our dependence on explanation and comfort still lies just under our busy ambition and constant yearning. Most of the time, the basic assumptions of our early years were so viscerally absorbed that we have never made them articulate, and therefore never had any way to evaluate their relevance for us now. What if they are outdated? Immature? Beside the point?

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Mythology

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

James Hollis, Ph. D., was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught Humanities 26 years in various colleges and universities before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland (1977-82). He is presently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served as Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas for many years and now was Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington until 2019, and now serves on the JSW Board of Directors. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice-President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally he is a Professor of Jungian Studies for Saybrook University of San Francisco/Houston.

He lives with his wife Jill, an artist and retired therapist, in Washington, DC. Together they have three living children and eight grand-children.

He has written a total of seventeen books, which have been translated into Swedish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian, Korean, Finnish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Farsi, Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Serbian, Latvian, Ukranian and Czech.

Reviews

[Vicky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mythologems by James Hollis, the prominent Jungian psychologist is a book on myths and what role they play in our culture. The main idea is the attempt to understand the humanity hunger for meaning, modern spirituality and the concept of God. Mythologems is full of references to Jung, Kafka, Rilke, Joseph Campbell, Dunn - all of them are contributing their unique visions and ideas of the spirit, evolution of believes and the symbols that surround us in life. The energy of myth is still present in our day and has a power over our souls. The author says that our goal is to bring them to our awareness, to our consciousness and to use this energy to enrich our life.

[Leila Mota · Rating 5 out of 5]

Já li alguns livros de James Hollis, e como leiga, posso afirmar que apreciei todos, e ganhei muitos insights com a leitura. É daqueles textos que abordam teoria psicológica aplicada e aplicável, porém compreensível para não profissionais. Além da reflexão que proporciona, o que é uma das maiores/melhores qualidades de um livro, oferece lampejos intrigantes sobre a psicologia de Carl G. Jung, que sempre me fascinou.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

ознакою хорошої книги з психології для мене є наявність в ній чесних, але неприємних речей та усвідомлень - і тут такого якраз потрібна кількість. роздумуючи над значенням міфів та богів в житті людини з прадавніх часів і до нашого часу, автор приходить до цікавих думок про пошук сенсу життя та відповідей на найважливіші питання.

[Epicarmo Papoula · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um manual disfarçado de xamanismo.