Description
The Psyche on Stage explores the development of our understanding of the nature of the Self and its relationship to the ego. Dr. Edinger traces the manifestations of the archetypes of the tragic hero, the sacred marriage and the search for wholeness, through a close psychological analysis of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Romeo and Juliet, and two plays by Sophocles, Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus.
Shakespeare’s plays reveal something of the nature of the Self, regulating center of the personality, and the process of individuation. Sophocles dramatizes our perilous relationship to archetypal energies and the possibilities of rebirth to a symbolic life. Together, they encompass the major themes of analytical psychology.
