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The black sun : the alchemy and art of darkness / Stanton Marlan ; foreword by David H. Rosen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marlan, Stanton.
- Series:
- Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; no. 10.
- Carolyn and Ernest Fay series in analytical psychology ; no. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jungian psychology.
- Alchemy--Psychological aspects.
- Alchemy.
- Shadow (Psychoanalysis).
- Self.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Marlan looks at the intrinsic importance of the black sun to the human psyche and the meaning of darkness in Western culture. Using clinical cases, the literature of Goethe and Dante, and the art of Rothko and Reinhardt, he explores the influence of light and shadow on the fundamental structures of modern thought as well as the contemporary practice of analysis. "The Black Sun "offers insight into modernity, the act of imagination, and the work of analysis in understanding depression, trauma, and transformation of the soul.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Light""; ""Chapter 2 The Descent into Darkness""; ""Chapter 3 Analysis and the Art of Darkness""; ""Chapter 4 Lumen Naturae The Light of Darkness Itself""; ""Chapter 5 The Black Sun Archetypal Image of the Non-Self""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05221-5
- 1-60344-585-4
- OCLC:
- 1132663938
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