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Excavating the Mythic Mind

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ISBN 13 : 9781339563398
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Excavating the Mythic Mind written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a close examination of the theory of Individuation as set forth by C. G. Jung. Specifically, this study employs Jung’s guiding image of archaeology as an overarching method by which to conceptualize the layered process of uncovering the contents of the unconscious in relationship to the quest for individuation. In keeping with Jung’s life-long quest to discover his personal myth, this study assumes that personal myth as one’s unfolding and ongoing narrative, is a given psychological phenomenon that is inherent to all human beings. In doing so, exploring the psychic contents that structures personal myth and what ostensibly constitutes the mythic mind from a depth psychological perspective, is primary. The theory that human beings are meaning-making and meaning-seeking creatures is a foundational presupposition and is assumed throughout the study. Following this theory, it is apparent that many persons will relate deeply to Jung’s theory and engage in the journey toward individuation. By understanding the possible neurobiological and psychic origins of brain and mind, the foundational basis for the theory of psyche, or soul, is established. By reflection upon the strengths and constraints of human thought and behavior, and the obvious stages that human beings pass through from birth to death, it is recognized that those who seek individuation will typically experience some measure of psychic trauma. Therefore, the collapse of one’s personal myth is a notable feature of the quest toward individuation and is exhibited as existential anxiety typically demonstrated in the fear and denial of death. By willingly engaging in the journey of the hero, as set forth in the theory of the monomyth as elucidated by Joseph Campbell, and recognizing the need to find a new orientation for life, the process of the reconstruction of a more healthy myth for living is structured and activated. This dissertation does not offer suggestions that would over-specify how individuals might individuate, rather, it offers theoretical models as possible templates for engaging in and sustaining the individuation process.

Excavating the Mind

Author : Helle Juel Jensen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN 13 : 877124428X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Excavating the Mind written by Helle Juel Jensen and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavating the Mind deals with the relationship between the material culture of humans, i.e. our technologies, arts and environments, and our mental worlds. Emphasizing the close interdependence of mind and matter, the volume resonates with current developments within sociology, psychology and the cognitive sciences, yet it aims to supplement the focus on modern, predominantly Western societies and individuals with studies of different cultural contexts and processes in the evolutionary and historical past as well as the ethnographic present. With contributions from cognitive and social archaeology as well as anthropology, semiotics and the history of religion, the book combines well-illustrated case studies covering a wide chronological and geographic span - from Neolithic Europe to the present-day South Pacific - with incisive discussion of particular theoretical issues in the study of mind and material culture. Excavating the Mind is an original contribution to the multidisciplinary debate on the uniquely human entanglement of complex material cultures and mental worlds.

Excavating Q

Author : John S. Kloppenborg
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9780800626013
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Excavating Q written by John S. Kloppenborg and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tour de force, the author offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of Q, the collection of Jesus' sayings long hypothesized as the source for the canonical gospels of Matthew and Luke. Part I deals with the methods for studying Q, their presuppositions, and a survey of current research. Part II addresses more theological and theoretical issues relevant to the Synoptic Problem, Q as a document, its redaction, and its social setting.

Excavating Mormon Pasts

Author : Newell C. Bringhurst
Publisher : Greg Kofford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Excavating Mormon Pasts written by Newell C. Bringhurst and published by Greg Kofford Books. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Special Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association Excavating Mormon Pasts assembles sixteen knowledgeable scholars from both LDS and the Community of Christ traditions who have long participated skillfully in this dialogue. It presents their insightful and sometimes incisive surveys of where the New Mormon History has come from and which fields remain unexplored. It is both a vital reference work and a stimulating picture of the New Mormon History in the early twenty-first century.

Excavating New York

Author : Sarah Michele Newman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Excavating New York written by Sarah Michele Newman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seasons of the Mind

Author : Bernard S. Raskas
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780822542582
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Seasons of the Mind written by Bernard S. Raskas and published by Kar-Ben Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Bernie Raskas has been living and teaching his faith for over 50 years. He offers witty, yet practical, commentary on life, faith, and spirituality.

Mythic Imagination and the Actor

Author : Marissa Chibás
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000411915
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Mythic Imagination and the Actor written by Marissa Chibás and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mythic Imagination and the Actor, Marissa Chibás draws on over three decades of experience as a Latinx actor, writer, filmmaker, and teacher to offer an approach to acting that embraces collective imagination, archetypal work, and the mythic. The book begins with a comparative analysis between method acting and mythic acting, encouraging actors to push past the limits of singular life experience and move to a realm where imagination and metaphor thrive. In the context of mythic acting, the book explores awareness work, solo performance creation, the power of archetypes, character building exercises, creating a body/text connection, and how to be the detective of your own process. Through this inclusive guide for a new age of diverse performers traversing gender, ability, culture, and race, readers are able to move beyond their limits to a deep engagement with the infinite possibilities of rich imagination. The final chapter empowers and motivates artists to live healthfully within the practice and create a personal artistic vision plan. Written for actors and students of acting, American Drama, and film and theatre studies, Mythic Imagination and the Actor provides practical exercises and prompts to unlock and interpret an actor’s deepest creative sources.

Resources in education

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Resources in education written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock

Author : Donald E. Morse
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485213
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock written by Donald E. Morse and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Holdstock was a prolific writer whose oeuvre included horror, fantasy, mystery and the novelization of films, often published under pseudonyms. These twelve critical essays explore Holdstock's varied output by displaying his works against the backdrop of folk and fairy tales, dissecting their spatiotemporal order, and examining them as psychic fantasies of our unconscious life or as exempla of the sublime. The individual novels of the Mythago Wood sequence are explored, as is Holdstock's early science fiction and the Merlin Codex series.

The Educated Mind

Author : Kieran Egan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226190404
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Educated Mind written by Kieran Egan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"—such as language or literacy—that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn. "A carefully argued and readable book. . . . Egan proposes a radical change of approach for the whole process of education. . . . There is much in this book to interest and excite those who discuss, research or deliver education."—Ann Fullick, New Scientist "A compelling vision for today's uncertain educational system."—Library Journal "Almost anyone involved at any level or in any part of the education system will find this a fascinating book to read."—Dr. Richard Fox, British Journal of Educational Psychology "A fascinating and provocative study of cultural and linguistic history, and of how various kinds of understanding that can be distinguished in that history are recapitulated in the developing minds of children."—Jonty Driver, New York Times Book Review

The Prehistory of the Mind

Author : Steven J. Mithen
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780753802045
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of the Mind written by Steven J. Mithen and published by Orion Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s consensus opinion is that the mind is like a collection of specialised modules each tasked for a specific purpose. The author seeks to elucidate and account for this theory and explain what it means to be human in this context.

One Ring to Bind Them All

Author : Anne C. Petty
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817312053
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book One Ring to Bind Them All written by Anne C. Petty and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This cross-disciplinary analysis shows that Tolkien presented to modern readers and other writers a rich array of reinvented mythic archetypes and icons: the desperate quest (good vs. evil); a magical object that embodies or initiates the quest (the ring); the wise wizard who oversees or aids the quest (Gandalf); the reluctant hero, an ordinary person with untapped abilities (Frodo); the hero's loyal friend and supporter (Sam); the warrior king whose true identity is hidden (Strider/Aragorm); and the goddess figure (Galadriel)."--BOOK JACKET.

Religion as Metaphor

Author : David Tacey
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412856299
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Religion as Metaphor written by David Tacey and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical stories are metaphorical. They may have been accepted as factual hundreds of years ago, but today they cannot be taken literally. Some students in religious schools even recoil from the “fairy tales” of religion, believing them to be mockeries of their intelligence. David Tacey argues that biblical language should not be read as history, and it was never intended as literal description. At best it is metaphorical, but he does not deny these stories have spiritual meaning. Religion as Metaphor argues that despite what tradition tells us, if we “believe” religious language, we miss religion’s spiritual meaning. Tacey argues that religious language was not designed to be historical reporting, but rather to resonate in the soul and direct us toward transcendent realities. Its impact was intended to be closer to poetry than theology. The book uses specific examples to make its case: Jesus, the Virgin Birth, the Kingdom of God, the Apocalypse, Satan, and the Resurrection. Tacey shows that, with the aid of contemporary thought and depth psychology, we can re-read religious stories as metaphors of the spirit and the interior life. Moving beyond literal thinking will save religion from itself.

Heroes Masked and Mythic

Author : Christopher Wood
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476641382
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Heroes Masked and Mythic written by Christopher Wood and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero. What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's Black Panther? Do DC's Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess reflect the tradition of Amazon women such as Penthesileia? How does the modern superhero's journey echo that of the epic warrior? With fresh insight into ancient Greek texts and historical art, this book examines modern superhero archetypes and iconography in comics and film as the crystallization of the hero's journey in the modern imagination.

Gold Cure

Author : Ted Mathys
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566895898
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Gold Cure written by Ted Mathys and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lustrous, tender, and expansive, Gold Cure moves from boomtown gold mines and the mythical city of El Dorado to the fracking wells of the American interior, excavating buried histories, legacies of conquest, and the pursuit of shimmering ideals. Ted Mathys skewers police brutality on the ribs of a nursery rhyme and drives Petrarchan sonnets into shale fields deep under the prairies. In crystalline language rich with allegory and wordplay, Mathys has crafted a moving elegy for the Anthropocene.

What Algorithms Want

Author : Ed Finn
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262536048
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book What Algorithms Want written by Ed Finn and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek. We depend on—we believe in—algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations—the marriage vow, the shaman's curse—do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm—in practical terms, “a method for solving a problem”—has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of “algorithmic reading” and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities.

Mindapps

Author : Thomas B. Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162055819X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Mindapps written by Thomas B. Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of “mind design” technologies and practices--mindapps--that boost intellectual capacity and enable new ways of thought and action • Reveals how mindapps transform the patterns of our mind-body complex and help generate new ideas by enabling access to new mind states • Examines the singlestate fallacy--the myth that useful thinking only occurs in our ordinary awake mental state • Explores a wealth of mindapp practices and techniques, including microdosing with psychedelics, yoga and martial arts, hypnosis, breathing techniques, lucid dreaming, rites of passage, biofeedback and neurofeedback, and transcranial brain stimulation Just as we can write and install apps in our electronic devices, we can construct “mindapps” and install them in our brain-mind complex, and as just as digital apps add capabilities to our devices, mindapps can expand our mental powers and creative abilities, allowing us to intentionally redesign our minds. Using psychedelics as the prime example, Thomas B. Roberts explores the many different kinds of mindapps, including meditation, other psychoactive plants and chemicals, sensory overload and deprivation, biofeedback and neurofeedback, hypnosis and suggestion, sleep and lucid dreaming, creative imagery, transcranial brain stimulation and optical brain stimulation, rites of passage, martial arts and exercise routines, yoga, breathing techniques, and contemplative prayer. He also looks at the future of mindapps, the potential for new mindapps yet to be invented, and how installing multiple mindapps can produce new, yet to be explored mind states. Drawing on decades of research, he shows how psychedelics in particular are “ideagens”--powerful tools for generating new ideas and new ways of thinking. Uniting the many forms of mindapps into one overall Multistate Mind Theory, Roberts examines the singlestate fallacy--the myth that useful thinking only occurs in our ordinary awake mental state--and demonstrates the many mind-body states we are capable of. He shows how mindapps not only allow us to design and redesign our own minds but also offer benefits for artistic performance, mystical and spiritual experience, and scientific research by improving creativity, open-mindedness, problem solving, and inner-brain connections. Reformulating how we think about the human mind, Mindapps unveils the new multistate landscape of the mind and how we can each enter the world of mind design.