Enemy, Cripple & Beggar: Shadows in the Hero's Path

by Shalit, Erel

• ISBN13: 9780977607679
• ISBN10: 0977607674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Fisher King Pr

Summary

In Shadows in the Hero's Path: the Enemy, the Cripple, and the Beggar, Erel Shalit provides new thoughts and views on the concepts of Hero and Shadow. From a Jungian perspective, this forthcoming Fisher King Press publication will elaborate on mythological and psychological images. Myths and fairy tales explored include Perseus and Andersen's The Cripple. You'll also enjoy the psychological deciphering of Biblical stories such as Amalek -The Wicked Warrior, Samson - The Impoverished Sun, and Jacob the Divine Adversary. With the recent discovery of The Gospel of Judas, Dr. Shalit also delves into the symbolic relationship between Jesus and Judas Iscariot to illustrate the hero-function's inevitable need of a shadow. Clinical material concerning a case of a powerful erotic counter-transference is also an integral part of this deeply insightful body of work.

Author Biography

A training and supervising Jungian psychoanalyst in Ra'anna, Israel and past president of the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology, Dr. Erel Shalit is the author of several publications, including The Hero and His Shadow: Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel and The Complex: Path of Transformation from Archetype to Ego. Several of his Articles have appeared in Quadrant, The Jung Journal, Spring Journal, Political Psychology, Clinical Supervisor, Round Table Review, Jung Page, Midstream, and he has entries in The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion.