by Erich Neumann
Recommended by Jordan Peterson
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this infl...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Psychology.
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Jordan Peterson
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“Erich Neumann's Jungian masterpiece (a book much admired, by the way, by Camille Paglia) is #1 in Jungian Psych”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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