{"product_id":"the-archetypal-imagination-paperback","title":"The Archetypal Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Hollis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid H. Rosen\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available in an open-access, full-text edition at http: \/\/oaktrust.library.tamu.edu\/handle\/1969.1\/85764\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhat we wish to know, and most desire, remains unknowable and lies beyond our grasp.\" \u003c\/i\u003eWith these words, James Hollis leads readers to consider the nature of our human need for meaning in life and for connection to a world less limiting than our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Archetypal Imagination, \u003c\/i\u003e Hollis offers a lyrical Jungian appreciation of the archetypal imagination. He argues that without the human mind's ability to form energy-filled images that link us to worlds beyond our rational and emotional capacities, we would have neither culture nor spirituality. Drawing upon the work of poets and philosophers, Hollis shows the importance of depth experience, meaning, and connection to an \"other\" world. Just as humans have instincts for biological survival and social interaction, we have instincts for spiritual connection as well. Just as our physical and social needs seek satisfaction, so the spiritual instincts of the human animal are expressed in images we form to evoke an emotional or spiritual response, as in our dreams, myths, and religious traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author draws upon the work of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke's \u003ci\u003eDuino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e to elucidate the archetypal imagination in literary forms. To underscore the importance of incarnating depth experience, he also examines a series of paintings by Nancy Witt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the power of the archetypal imagination available to all of us, we are invited to summon courage to take on the world anew, to relinquish outmoded identities and defenses, and to risk a radical re-imagining of the larger possibilities of the world and of the self. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Hollis is a Jungian analyst and executive director of the C. G. Jung Educational Center of Houston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.46 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693198315583,"sku":"9781585442683","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bc4d3c82dd3c58a489173a20ffe4758d.webp?v=1764998107","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-archetypal-imagination-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}