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Creation Myths: Revised Edition Paperback – May 1, 2001

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A leading Jungian scholar analyzes common motifs in creation myths from cultures around the world, explaining how they “inform the collective unconscious and contribute to our ability to create as human beings” (Parabola)
 
Creation myths are the deepest and most important of all myths because they are concerned with both the basic patterns of existence and the ultimate meaning of life. In this book, an eminent Jungian analyst examines the recurring motifs that appear in creation myths from around the world and shows what they teach us about the mysteries of creativity, the cycles of renewal in human life, and the birth of consciousness in the individual psyche. Among the topics discussed are:

• Why the creative process is often accompanied by anxiety, depression, loneliness, and fear of the unknown.

• The meaning of creation motifs such as the egg, the seed, the primordial being, the creative fire, the separation of heaven and earth, and the four stages of creation.

• Creation symbolism in the alchemical opus of medieval tradition.

• How creation-myth motifs appear in the dreams of people who are on the verge of a leap forward in consciousness.
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  1. Print length
    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Shambhala
  4. Publication date
    May 1, 2001
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1570626065
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1570626067
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"This is a book all should read. In doing so, one will expand the mind to different levels of thought and in relationship to our contemporary life in such an interesting and scholarly fashion."
—Spiritual Frontiers

"[Von Franz] ranges authoritatively over the myths of many cultures and succeeds in explaining widespread archetypal images that inform the collective unconscious and contribute to our ability to create as individual human beings."
—Parabola

About the Author

Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998) was the foremost student of C. G. Jung, with whom she worked closely from 1934 until his death in 1961. A founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich, she published widely on subjects including alchemy, dreams, fairy tales, personality types, and psychotherapy.

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