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A review by lackritzj
He: Understanding Masculine Psychology by Robert A. Johnson
3.0
The Grail myth speaks of masculine pyschology. X
"A true myth teaches us the cure for the dilemma which it portrays" 10 or 11
"Freud said that the unconscious is the repository of all the inferior elements of the personality, the us valued things of one's life. Jung insisted that the unconscious is also the matrix, the artisan well from which all creativity springs Freud would have none of this so the two parted." 14-15
"Much of our religious heritage is a map or set of instructions for the deepest meaning of our intention lives, not a set of laws for outer conduct. To relate to our religious teaching only its literal dimension is to lose its spiritual meaning. This dimension of materialism is far more harmful than much of what is usually condemned under that dark name. " 30
"Depression and inflation are other names for mood." 36?
"It seems that it is the purpose of evolution now to replace an image of perfection with the concept of completeness or wholeness. Perfection suggests something all pure, with no blemishes, dark spots or questionable areas. Wholeness includes the darkness but combines it with the lightness in a totality more real and whole than any ideal. "64
"A true myth teaches us the cure for the dilemma which it portrays" 10 or 11
"Freud said that the unconscious is the repository of all the inferior elements of the personality, the us valued things of one's life. Jung insisted that the unconscious is also the matrix, the artisan well from which all creativity springs Freud would have none of this so the two parted." 14-15
"Much of our religious heritage is a map or set of instructions for the deepest meaning of our intention lives, not a set of laws for outer conduct. To relate to our religious teaching only its literal dimension is to lose its spiritual meaning. This dimension of materialism is far more harmful than much of what is usually condemned under that dark name. " 30
"Depression and inflation are other names for mood." 36?
"It seems that it is the purpose of evolution now to replace an image of perfection with the concept of completeness or wholeness. Perfection suggests something all pure, with no blemishes, dark spots or questionable areas. Wholeness includes the darkness but combines it with the lightness in a totality more real and whole than any ideal. "64