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Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts #49
Animus Aeternus: Exploring the Inner Masculine
Combining theory with soul-made truths found in the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Teresa of Avila, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver and many more, the author illumines the role of every woman's lifelong companion. This is a reprint and replaces ISBN 978-0919123502
- GenresPsychology
191 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1991
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July 5, 2020
Too much poetry I found it to be not only confounding but very distracting. I tried to stay on track but the constant poems threw me off . Very deep content going into dreams omens and meanings how it goes into the psyche. I enjoyed lear about the outward projections of the Animus may be I'll re read this
April 17, 2011
Poetry and Jungian Psychology
This review is from: Animus Aeternus: Exploring the Inner Masculine (Paperback)
Deldon Anne McNeely takes the reader by the hand and enters a realm of Jungian psychology - the archetypes of animus and anima - and shares the empowerment of women who embrace the masculine aspect of their psyche in poetry. Her developmental statements seem rather cursory unless the reader is well versed in Jungian thought. But the end result of the book is to examine extended poems by Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Teresa of Avila, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Edna St. Vincent Millay and others whose works demonstrate the aspect of animus in the generation of the poetic expression.
McNeely divides her book into chapters whose headings will give an idea of the spectrum of her thoughts: Unisex or Syzygy, Animus and Ego, Animus Types, Anger and Creativity, In the Mother-World, In the Father-World, Equal Partner - each of these chapters opens a vast discussion of the meaning of animus as it is expressed in the poets' works McNeely shares. This is not light reading: if the reader is not familiar with Karl Jung and his development of thought then there may be other books that will be useful before tackling this one. The time is worth it as McNeely addresses important issues that hep to understand the Feminine - from a fresh stance.
Grady Harp
This review is from: Animus Aeternus: Exploring the Inner Masculine (Paperback)
Deldon Anne McNeely takes the reader by the hand and enters a realm of Jungian psychology - the archetypes of animus and anima - and shares the empowerment of women who embrace the masculine aspect of their psyche in poetry. Her developmental statements seem rather cursory unless the reader is well versed in Jungian thought. But the end result of the book is to examine extended poems by Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Teresa of Avila, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Edna St. Vincent Millay and others whose works demonstrate the aspect of animus in the generation of the poetic expression.
McNeely divides her book into chapters whose headings will give an idea of the spectrum of her thoughts: Unisex or Syzygy, Animus and Ego, Animus Types, Anger and Creativity, In the Mother-World, In the Father-World, Equal Partner - each of these chapters opens a vast discussion of the meaning of animus as it is expressed in the poets' works McNeely shares. This is not light reading: if the reader is not familiar with Karl Jung and his development of thought then there may be other books that will be useful before tackling this one. The time is worth it as McNeely addresses important issues that hep to understand the Feminine - from a fresh stance.
Grady Harp
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