The Apocalypse of the Reluctant Gnostics

Carl G. Jung and Philip K. Dick
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78220-607-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

This book presents a comparison of the Gnostic worldviews of Carl G. Jung and science-fiction author, Philip K. Dick, two figures who have done far more than most to revive an interest in the Gnostic tradition in the modern world. Despite profoundly different approaches - one was a depth psychologist whose unique insights and approach to psychology forced him to explore the depths of the unconscious in a way that inevitably led him to touch frequently on metaphysical or spiritual matters; the other was an author of science-fiction - there are some striking parallels between their unique Gnostic visions.

With the relatively recent publication of both Jung's and Dick's personal journals - The Red Book (2009), and, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick (2011), respectively - in which they articulate their Gnostic visions, it seems timely to make this comparison.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douglas, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Chapter one Introduction Chapter two The living and the dead Chapter three Ex nihilo, ex plenitudo Chapter four The darkness and the light Chapter five Archons and archetypes Chapter six The cave and the prison Chapter seven The dream and the hologram Chapter eight The seed and the sheaf Chapter nine The self and the homoplasmate Chapter ten The virgin and the whore Chapter eleven Slavery and freedom Chapter twelve Christ and Sophia Chapter thirteen The imagination and the third eye Chapter fourteen Reluctant gnosis

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart Douglas has had a life-long interest in the mysterious and the unknown and completed his PhD in transpersonal psychology after an earlier career as a systems analyst. His specialist areas of interest include the intersection of Jungian psychology and Gnosticism and, more generally, ancient wisdom and contemplative traditions.