Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Eranos 4: Spiritual Disciplines

by Joseph Campbell (Editor)

Overview

Essays by Rudolf Bernoulli, Martin Buber, C. M. von Cammerloher, T. W. Danzel, Friedrich Heiler, C. G. Jung, C. Kerényi, John Layard, Fritz Meier, Max Pulver, Erwin Rousselle, and Heinrich Zimmer. With an introduction by Mircea Eliade.

Originally published in 1960.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691629377
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	03/21/2017
Series:	Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks , #5136
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT vi

LIST OF PLATES ix

LIST OF TEXT FIGURES xiii

EDITOR'S FOREWORD xv

ENCOUNTERS AT ASCONA by Mircea Eliade xvii

HEINRICH ZIMMER On the Significance of the Indian Tantric Yoga [1933] 3

ERWIN ROUSSELLE Spiritual Guidance in Contemporary Taoism [1933] 59

1. Ju She: Initiation 62

2. Nei Ching T'u: 'The Table of the Inner Warp' 71

3. Hsiu Shen: Individuation 84

THEODOR-WILHELM DANZEL The Psychology of Ancient Mexican Symbolism (1937) 102

JOHN LAYARD The Malekulan Journey of the Dead [1937] 115

1. Introduction 115

2. The Journey of the Dead 125

3. The Labyrinth Motive in the Journey of the Dead: Sand-tracings in South West Bay 137

C. KERENYI Man and Mask [1948] 151

MARTIN BUBER Symbolic and Sacramental Existence in Judaism [1934] 168

FRIEDRICH HEILER Contemplation in Christian Mysticism [1933] 186

1. The History of Christian Contemplation 186

2. Contemplation in the Mysticism of the Christian Community 205

3. Contemplation Among the Great Individual Mystics 221

MAX PULVER The Experience of Light in the Gospel of St. Yohn, in the 'Corpus hermeticum,' in Gnosticism, and in the Eastern Church (1943) 239

1. Light in the Gospel of St. John 239

2. Light in the 'Corpus hermeticum' 243

3. The Light in Gnosticism 249

4. The Experience of Light in the Christian East 259

FRITZ MEIER The Spiritual Man in the Persian Poet 'Attar [1945] 267

RUDOLF BERNOULLI Spiritual Development as Reflected in Alchemy and Related Disciplines [1935] 305

1. The Basic Elements of Alchemy 305

2. The System of Alchemy in Its Pictorial Representation 320

C. G. JUNG Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process [1935] 341

1. Introduction 341

2. The Initial Dreams 345

3. The Symbolism of the Mandala 364

4. The Vision of the World Clock 4I3

M. C. CAMMERLOHER The Position of Art in the Psychology of Our Time [1934] 424

APPENDICES

Biographical Notes 451

Contents of the Eranos-Jahrbucher 456

List of Abbreviations 468

INDEX 471