Apr 29, 2005 21:19
Class Notes
4 Archetypes of women- positive (nurturing)/negative(devouring) elementary, positive(Sofia)/negative(temptress) transformative
Freud's tripartite division of the psyche-ego, superego, id- personal unconscious compared to to the collective unconscious of Jung
New definition of myth-elaborate system of stories and symbols that relate us to all dimensions of the universe up, down, in and out- Zeus, Dionysus, Demeter and Athena
A dream is a personalized myth, a myth is a depersonalized dream-Joseph Campbell. Transpersonal- not about you, about all of us
3 parts of myth-beginning, middle and end
Eleusis-mysteries during the celebration of Demeter and Persephone. Something was said, something was done, and something was shown
Monomyth-myth of the hero best examples Oedipus and Moses
sparogamos-rending/tearing of live flesh, hunter becoming the hunted
Review Presentations
Review readings from Calasso and text