In this extraordinary two-part study—first presented as lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich—Edgar Herzog exhumes from fairytale and folklore macabre variations of the archaic Death Image. Death is revealed in its original form in the guise of an animal: as Wolf, Horse, Dog, Snake, or Bird. Today Death takes similar forms, appearing to the human consciousness mainly through dreams. Herzog then focuses on the dreams of patients in psychotherapy and glosses those dreams with remarkable interpretations that link their persons, scenes, and drama to the symbolic images and rites of the ancient past.
Psyche and Death is divided into two parts. Part I deals with ethnological and mythological material consisting of reports and traditions from all parts of the world. Part II is mainly concerned with the dreams of contemporary men and women, and shows how these dreams reflect the processes in the development and maturation of modern individuals, in and through dreams.
