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by Johnson, Robert A.

• ISBN13: 9780062504364
• ISBN10: 0062504363
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Provides an illuminating explanation of the origins and meaning of romantic love and shows how a proper understanding of its psychological dynamics can revitalize our most important relationships.

Author Biography

Robert A. Johnson is a noted lecturer and analyst in private practice in San Diego, California. He is the author of He: Understanding Masculine Psychology, She: Understanding Feminine Psychology, Ecstasy, and Inner Work

Table of Contents

A Note on the Sources and Translation of the Myth	p. vii
A Note for Women	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
On Myths	p. 1
The Narrative: How Tristan Was Born and Grew Up to Be a Great Knight	p. 9
Blanchefleur	p. 16
The Child of Sadness	p. 21
Islands of Consciousness, Seas of God	p. 25
The Sword and the Harp	p. 29
The Narrative: How Tristan Was Conquered by the Wine of Love	p. 37
Approaching the Wine	p. 43
The Wine of Herbs	p. 50
Iseult the Fair	p. 62
The Love Potion in History	p. 68
Guile and Force	p. 74
The Narrative: How Tristan and Iseult Wandered in the Enchanted Orchard	p. 83
The Queen of the Inner World	p. 92
Deceit Beneath the Pine	p. 96
The Fourth Year of Morois	p. 105
The Narrative: How Tristan Found Iseult of the White Hands and How Love and Death at Last Were Mixed	p. 119
Puzzles and Paradoxes	p. 128
Iseult of the Earth	p. 133
Suffering and Death	p. 146
Iseult-Maya: The Dance of Illusion	p. 157
Conclusion
The White Bison Spirit Woman	p. 168
The Dream of the Bell of the Holy Virgin	p. 179
Of Human Love	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 202
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