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The Origins and History of Consciousness
- Bollingen Series
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This audiobook, narrated by William Roberts, explores the evolution of consciousness through the archetypes and myths that are universal to all humanity.
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 influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent. The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero. Throughout the sequence, the Hero is the evolving ego consciousness.
Featuring a foreword by Jung, this Princeton Classics edition introduces a new generation of listeners to this eloquent and enduring work.
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"No better exposition has come to us of the two Jungian themes: the evolution of consciousness in the history of mankind and the development of personality in the individual." (The Personalist)
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- 2022-07-27
phenomenal experience ✨️ learning to see beyond !!
The book opened the letter the radically inept are keen figures that disrupt and negate growth.
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- Arinze
- 2023-05-08
A great insight
Came back to read this after dipping my toes into other psychological and mythology analysis. And blown away by the insight obtained to help with the others. Thanks.
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- Andre
- 2020-11-24
Not an easy read
Came to this book after J. B. Peterson's recommendation in one of his talks. Not being a psychologist, I struggled through the beginning with the massive mythological references and arguments. You also need some basic understanding of Jungian concepts, otherwise I would have been completely lost. Maybe I will come back to this book in the future once I have a better grasp of the concepts. For a very technical book, the narrator did a great performance.
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- wesmerald
- 2022-01-11
Very poor choice of reader.
The reading style of William Roberts in the context of thos book was so obnoxious that it made the content almost unintelligible. A very poor paring.
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