Christian Archetype, The (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts)

This book presents a much-need psychological interpretation of images and events central to the Christian myth, which may be understood symbolically in terms of the individuation of modern men and women. The process of individuation, when it befalls a person, may lead to salvation or calamity. The reader will find here an ordered and graphic amplification of this archetypal process. In prose and in pictures carefully selected from traditional Christian art, the author illustrates some essential stagesfrom Annunciation through Crucifixion to Resurrectionboth in the life of Christ and in those who by choice or fate become immersed in their own psychological destiny. CONTENTS: Annunciation * Nativity * Flight into Egypt * Baptism * Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem * Last Supper * Gethsemane * Arrest and Trial * Flagellation and Mocking * Crucifixion * Lamentation and Entombment * Resurrection and Ascension * Pentecost * Assumption and Coronation of Mary