Science of Mythology - Essays on the Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis

Ark Paperbacks, 1985. Paperback in fair to good condition. Fading to the spine and edges of the covers. Creasing to spine and edge-wear to the covers. Contents tight with some age discolouration. Foxing to page edges and some staining to the pre-title page. Minor surface damage to a small area inside rear cover.

Science of Mythology shows how two discipines can be brought together to indicate further syntheses. The mythological material presented is excellent. This remarkable work is the result of a unique collaboration between Jung, the founding father of analytical psychology and one of the most influential thinkers of his day, and Kerenyi, the celebrated historian of religion and myth. It represents the definitive union of classical scholarship and psychology, in which Kerenyi describes the myths relating to the archetypes of the divine child (Koros) and the maiden goddess (Kore), and Jung interprets these archetypes. Between them they lead us towards an understanding of how the idea of gods, of mysticism and of divinity have developed...