Roberts Avens is a Latvian poet and Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Iona College.
He is the author of Imaginal Body: Para-Jungian Reflections on Soul, Imagination, and Death. THE NEW GNOSIS. Heidegger, Hillman, and Angels. Third, revised edition 2019.
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This small book is the first comprehensive essay to place archetypal psychology within a major tradition of modern thought—the tradition of mythical thinking—and to recognize imagination as the primal force and basic reality of human life.
Roberts Avens(출처: www.amazon.com)
As a psychological philosopher, Avens brings fresh meaning to the basic gnostic ideas about angels, salvation through knowledge, and the world as alive and ...
Imagination Is Reality: Western Nirvana in Jung, Hillman, Barfield, and Cassirer Paperback – 26 October 2020
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This small book is the first comprehensive essay to place archetypal psychology within a major tradition of modern thought—the tradition of mythical thinking—and to recognize imagination as the primal force and basic reality of human life.
By drawing upon the writings of four twentieth-century thinkers, Roberts Avens clarifies the post-Jungian direction of psychology as it moves toward poetic and polytheistic imagination.
He then compares the radical achievements of this direction in resolving the ‘ego-question’ with the methods and ideas of the East: Buddhism, Tantrism, Zen, and Vedanta.
Avens’s grasp of understanding, easy familiarity with his subject, and refined insights together make this book an introductory text and an advance into new territory.
Imagination is Reality: Western Nirvana in Jung, Hillman, Barfield and Cassirer
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Roberts Avens
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Long unavailable, Imagination is Reality is the first comprehensive work to place archetypal psychology within a major tradition of modern thought, that of mythical thinking, and to recognize imagination as the primal force and basic reality of human existence.
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Gerbik rated it it was ok
This is a very problematic book. First off, it neglects to establish a coherent terminology, and this is a classic difficulty of Jungian theory. Trying to distinguish between self, soul, psyche, and mind becomes difficult. Nonetheless, there IS a way to do it, and there are books by James Hillman that work out the terminology in a very insightful way.
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Elan
Jul 13, 2017Elan rated it liked it
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Very interesting yet dense and difficult read. Great quotes and illuminating passages scattered do help it along.
Imagination is Reality: Western Nirvana in Jung, Hillman, Barfield and Cassirer
by
Roberts Avens
3.88 · Rating details · 16 ratings · 3 reviews
Long unavailable, Imagination is Reality is the first comprehensive work to place archetypal psychology within a major tradition of modern thought, that of mythical thinking, and to recognize imagination as the primal force and basic reality of human existence.
By drawing upon the writings of four twentieth-century thinkers (Jung, Hillman, Barfield, and Cassirer), Roberts Avens clarifies the post-Jungian direction of psychology as it moves toward poetic and polytheistic imagination.
He then compares the radical achievements of this direction in resolving the "ego-question" with the methods and ideas of the East: Buddhism, Tantrism, Zen, and Vedanta. The author's grasp of understanding, easy familiarity with this subject, and startling insights together make this book both an introductory text and an advance into new territory. (less)
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Gerbik rated it it was ok
This is a very problematic book. First off, it neglects to establish a coherent terminology, and this is a classic difficulty of Jungian theory. Trying to distinguish between self, soul, psyche, and mind becomes difficult. Nonetheless, there IS a way to do it, and there are books by James Hillman that work out the terminology in a very insightful way.
This book deals to a woeful degree in abstractions and entirely neglects the very practical aspect of Buddhist meditation.
By generalizing about Western v. Eastern cultural baggage and tendencies, this book almost instantly negates its credibility: to assume that "a Westerner" is inherently unable to adapt to "an Eastern cultural practice" such as meditation due to the dominance of "modern society's neurotic tendencies," is to throw the baby out with the bath-water, as they say.
This book could be a decent introduction to east/west cultural transmissions and to Jung in general, but it is often flawed to a serious degree due to a lack of pragmatic flair and a preponderance of generalizations. (less)
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Elan
Jul 13, 2017Elan rated it liked it
Shelves: psychotherapy
Very interesting yet dense and difficult read. Great quotes and illuminating passages scattered do help it along.
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