The allure of Gnosticism
Subtitle: the Gnostic experience in Jungian psychology and contemporary culture
By: Robert A. Segal, editor ; June Singer and Murray Stein, associate editors.
Contributors: Segal, Robert Alan.; Singer, June.; Stein, Murray, 1943-
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Psychoanalysis and religion; Gnosticism -- Psychology; Jungian psychology
Description: Gnosticism or Gnosis is far more than an ancient religious movement with Christian, Jewish, and pagan followers. It is a living presence today, in many religions and also completely outside formal religion. The Allure of Gnosticism is a collection of 16 outstanding essays, illuminating Gnosticism in its relation to such issues as Jungian thought, the nature of evil, the place of the feminine, communism and fascism, existentialism, Christian scriptures, Kafka, and Buddhism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.