The neurobiology of the gods
Subtitle: how brain physiology shapes the recurrent imagery of myth and dreams
By: Erik D. Goodwyn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hove; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780415672993; 9780415673006
Subjects: Symbolism (Psychology); Mythology; Psychology; Neurobiology; Psychological aspects; Religious aspects; Dreams
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Symbols, biology and depth psychology; title: Foundations; title: Mental images, symbolic images and "archetypal" images; title: Human and animal spirits; title: The anima/feminine symbols; title: The animus/masculine symbols; title: The mother; title: The father; title: The child; title: The shadow; title: The dreamscape; title: Deep archetypes-time, number, causation; title: Complex recurrent symbols and self symbols; title: Meaning; title: Molecules to mandalas.