Facing the dragon : confronting personal and spiritual grandiosity / Robert L. Moore ; edited by Max J. Havlick, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Robert L., 1942-

Contributor:

Havlick, Max J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961--Religion.

Jung, C. G.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.

Jungian psychology.

Narcissism.

Megalomania.

Good and evil--Psychological aspects.

Good and evil.

Secularism.

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xvii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Wilmette, Ill. : Chiron Publications, [2003]

Summary:

Structured around a series of lectures presented at the Jung Institute of Chicago, Moore's book attacks the problems of human evil, spiritual narcissism, secularism and ritual, and grandiosity. Moore dares to insist that we face these issues and provides clear-sighted guidance for where to start and what to expect.

Contents:

The Lucifer complex and the enemy within : psychological reflections on human evil

The archetype of spiritual warfare

Regulating dragon energies : the challenge of conscious ritualization

Modern secularism fuels pathological narcissism

Discerning and facing your own grandiosity

Decoding the diamond body : archetypal structures provide a framework for analysis

The combat myth and the archetypal enemy

How modern spiritual narcissism leads to destructive tribalism

The psychological sources of religious conflict

Resources for facing the dragon

Dragon laws : insights for confronting grandiosity

Beyond the Lucifer complex : befriending the dragon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-244) and index.

ISBN:

188860221X

OCLC:

50803707