On behalf of the mystical fool : Jung on the religious situation / John P. Dourley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dourley, John P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Religious.

Jungian psychology--Religious aspects.

Jungian psychology.

Physical Description:

viii, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

Could the current revival of interest in mysticism contribute to a more immediate relation to the divine at a personal level and form the basis of an emerging spirituality?

Jung's understanding of the religious tendency of the psyche addresses many sides of the contemporary debate on religion and the role that it has in individual and social life. This book discusses the emergence of a new mythic consciousness and details ways in which this consciousness supersedes traditional concepts of religion to provide a spirituality of more universal inclusion.

On Behalf of the Mystical Fool examines Jung's critique of traditional western religion, demonstrating the negative consequences of religious and political collective unconsciousness, and their consequent social irresponsibility in today's culture. The book concludes by suggesting that a new religiosity and spirituality is currently emerging in the West based on the individual's access to the sense of ultimacy residual in the psyche, and seeking expression in a myth of a much wider compass.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students at all levels who are engaged in the expanding field of Jungian studies. It will also be key reading for anyone interested in the theoretical and therapeutic connections between the psyche and religious experience.

Contents:

Introduction

Jungian psychology and spirituality

The numinous, the universal, and a myth of supersession

Taking back divinity : Jung on the relativity of God

Martin Buber and the lunatic asylum

Jung, white, and the end of the pilgrimage

The mystical fool and why the killing must go on

C.G. Jung, S.P. Huntington, and the search for civilization

Jung and the recall of the gods

Rerooting in the mother : the numinosity of the nothing

Jung, some mystics, and the void : personal and political implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415552226

0415552222

9780415552233

0415552230

OCLC:

320351857