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Following Other Gods:

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TLpq2397593701

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Following Other Gods:

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Reeves, Russ Patrick

Title Proper by Another Author

a Depth Psychological Approach to Spiritual Transformation Through Polytheistic Personal Myths

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Dominguez, Alonso

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Pacifica Graduate Institute

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2020

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69

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

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Pacifica Graduate Institute

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2020

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This thesis explores the disorientation that can follow the loss of religious faith, the lingering effects of religious complexes or religious trauma, and a possible path for fulfilling the religious instinct through fostering personal myths. Using psychologists Carl G. Jung, William James, and James Hillman as conversation partners, the approach is primarily hermeneutical with heuristic and alchemical hermeneutic components that describe a shift away from Christianity to a personal myth centered in the Celtic mythos. Starting with an examination of the definition of religion in contemporary religious studies, pluralism and polytheism are explored as a foundation for spiritual exploration that is conducive to the process of individuation and spiritual wholeness. Four sources for shaping personal myth are examined, through world religions, personalization, personification, and creative mythology.

Counseling

Depth psychology

Jung

Mythology

Polytheism

Religion

Dominguez, Alonso

Reeves, Russ Patrick

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