Abstract
This article examines the notion of psychological polytheism in the context of Jungian depth psychology. The author focuses on the concept of the “polytheistic psyche” which American psychologist and philosopher James Hillman, founder of the post-Jungian
Highlights
Regarded as one of the most innovative heirs to the depth psychology tradition inaugurated by C.G
The American psychologist and philosopher James Hillman (1926-2011) is the founder and sustaining voice of Archetypal Psychology, a postJungian psychology which emphasizes a movement beyond the context of clinical analysis towards a “psychology of soul” situated within the culture of imagination, metaphor, and Western mythology
In Archetypal Psychology we encounter the following principal themes or main ideas: (1) a shifting of focus away from the rational ego and towards the soul; (2) an emphasis on image and imagination as soul’s natural language and activity; (3) the exploration of a background of mythological metaphor which offers a vision of the soul as plural and polytheistic; (4) and the elaboration of a process of “soul-making”– an imaginative, aesthetic response to life that seeks to enrich the relationship between man, soul, and the world
Summary
Regarded as one of the most innovative heirs to the depth psychology tradition inaugurated by C.G. In Archetypal Psychology we encounter the following principal themes or main ideas: (1) a shifting of focus away from the rational ego and towards the soul; (2) an emphasis on image and imagination as soul’s natural language and activity; (3) the exploration of a background of mythological metaphor which offers a vision of the soul as plural and polytheistic; (4) and the elaboration of a process of “soul-making”– an imaginative, aesthetic response to life that seeks to enrich the relationship between man, soul, and the world.
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