Healing Dream and Ritual

by Carl Alfred Meier

C. A. Meier investigates the ancient Greek understanding of dreams and dreaming, Antique incubation and concomitant rituals. In this greatly expanded version of his classic work, Meier compares Asklepian divine medicine with our own contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches to dreaming. He elucidates how the healing cure was found in the very core of illness itself - a fact of invaluable significance today in both medicine and psychology. In helping us to recognize the suprapersonal aspects of illness, the dream is shown to reveal a transcendental path to healing.

Genres: Psychology

170 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1949

About the author

Carl Alfred Meier was a Swiss psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, scholar, and first president of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich.

Reviews

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[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was my first substantial exposure to the Asklepieia, healing centers dedicated to the classical cult of the healing agency of the legendary hero, Asklepios. The topic is of interest to Jungians because of the emphasis placed on dreams in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, physical and mental.