Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Christmas
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Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Christmas

Origins, Motifs, and Psychological Significances

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eBook - ePub

Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Christmas

Origins, Motifs, and Psychological Significances

About this book

By examining its history, traditions, symbols, and representation in the arts through the lens of three major schools of depth psychology, Kendrick L. Norris, a Jungian Analyst and minister, shows how better understanding of the promise of Christmas can allow us to discover what it is that we long for the most.

Why does the winter celebration of Christmas have such a deep-rooted resonance, individually and collectively? This extensively researched book clearly and engagingly articulates the soul reasons why this holiday has such a significant impact on the human psyche. The work begins with an explanation about how depth psychology can be used to understand the Christmas phenomenon, followed by an investigation into the origins and symbols of Christmas. The book closes by delving into the soul meaning of Christmas through the perspectives of Freud, Kohut, and Jung.

This thought-provoking volume will appeal to Jungian Analysts, psychoanalysts, and psychotherapists, as well as those interested in religion and its relation to depth psychology.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040410387
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Jungian Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half-Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Approaching Christmas from a Depth Psychology Perspective
  11. 2 Origins of the Feast of the Nativity
  12. 3 Pagan Synergy
  13. 4 The 12 Motifs of Christmas
  14. 5 Christmas and the Oedipal: Freud
  15. 6 Christmas and Mirroring: Kohut
  16. 7 Christmas and Regressive Peace / Progressing Wholeness: Jung
  17. Conclusion
  18. Appendix: The Biblical Description of Jesus as Twin Selfobject and Idealized Selfobject
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index