Collected works. Volume 2. Myth and psychology. Stein M.V.

In the second volume of the collected works of Mürrei Stein, we are talking about myths, the purpose of the author is to identify the archetypal foundations of the mental functioning of modern man. M. Stein in detail the myths about such famous, although not the most commonly mentioned Olympic gods as Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes; He comprehensively explores the story of the Narcissus and individual episodes of the wanderings of Odyssey, talks about the dynamics of the problem of “fathers and children” on the example of Uranus, Kronos and Zeus, and also addresses the story “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by L. N. Tolstoy. Step by step, the author introduces readers to the main method of Jungian analysis - amplification, and one of the main advantages of this volume is a detailed discussion of the principles of the Jungian interpretation and its connection with the symbol and the unconscious semantic nucleus of the psychological symptom.

The book will be interesting to practicing analysts, analytical psychologists, students and everyone who is interested in deep psychology.