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Northern Gnosis: Thor, Baldr and the Volsungs in the Thought of Freud and Jung

By: Greg Mogenson

$20.00

C.G. Jung regarded psychology to be a modern form of myth. Inspired by this insight, Mogenson’s book examines the writings of Freud and Jung in the light of Norse mythology.

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C.G. Jung regarded psychology to be a modern form of myth. Inspired by this insight, Mogenson’s book examines the writings of Freud and Jung in the light of Norse mythology. Jung’s theory of the archetype is read as a variant of the old stories concerning Thor’s encounters with the giants. Freud’s theories of a death instinct, repetition compulsion, mourning and the ego-ideal are read as a variant to the tale of Baldr’s death.

And the fractious relations of Freud, Jung and Sabina Spielrein are seen as reflecting the saga of the Volsungs. Imaginative and scholarly, Northern Gnosis will be valued by the psychoanalytic reader for its fresh appreciation of Freud and Jung as makers of the myths that continue to inform our minds.

Publisher:Spring Journal, Inc.
Binding:Paperback
Volume(s):1
About the Author:Greg Mogenson, a long-time contributor to archetypal psychology, is a Jungian analyst practicing in London, Ontario, Canada. His books include Dialectics & Analytical Psychology: The El Capitan Canyon Seminar (co-authored with Wolfgang Giegerich and David L. Miller), The Dove in the Consulting Room: Hysteria and the Anima in Bollas and Jung, Greeting the Angels: An Imaginal View of the Mourning Process, and A Most Accursed Religion: When A Trauma becomes God, as well as numerous articles in the field of analytical psychology.
Product Dimensions:6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Pages:140
Publication Date:April 1, 2005