Peterson: Erich Neumann is the most well-regarded student, analyst & distiller of Carl Jung's work. Throughout the sequence, the Hero is the evolving ego consciousness.įeaturing a foreword by Jung, this Princeton Classics edition introduces a new generation of readers to this eloquent and enduring work. The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero. The Origins and History of Consciousness is German born Jungian psychologist and philosopher Erich Neumann’s overview of the archetypal stages in the development of human consciousness based on depth psychology and evolutionary theory (mind you, the book was first published in 1949, so that should give you a sense for how advanced Neumann was. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent. This audiobook, narrated by William Roberts, explores the evolution of consciousness through the archetypes and myths that are universal to all humanity. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole.Įrich Neumann was one of C.
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