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Erik D. Goodwyn

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Fantasy, Psychology, Young Adult

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By day, Erik Goodwyn is a practicing psychiatrist and a scholar published in anthropology, dream analysis, mythology, ritual, philosophy, and archetypal psychology. He has been invited to give lectures in Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and all over the United States. But by night...his passion for the imagination in all its manifestations has led him to write award-winning fantasy fiction! He feels the symbolic and fantastical imagery of the imagination is the only way to depict some of the most important and mysterious truths of the human soul, as depicted in his Raven's Tale series. For more, visit his website at www.erikgoodwyn.com ...more

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	King of the Forgotten Darkness: A Raven's Tale Fantasy 4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neurobiology of the Gods: How Brain Physiology Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magical Consciousness: An Anthropological and Neurobiological Approach by Susan Greenwood, Erik D. Goodwyn (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Psychological Reading of the Anglo-Saxon Poem Beowulf: Understanding Everything As a Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Neurobiology of the Gods: How Brain Physiology Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Back in 2020, I and Dr. Jessica Reis published a paper on the importance of teaching psychiatric residents dream interpretation, and you can email me if you want a copy of that paper, but turns out there is a lot of literature on how important dream work really is–and yet despite that, most institutions don’t have a dedicated course in it. Why is that? And what is the problem here? Let’s get into Read more of this blog post »

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A Drowned Kingdom (The Drowned Kingdom, #1)

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Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)

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