- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.; 2nd Revised edition edition (Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812693671
- ISBN-13: 978-0812693676
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,948,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Maintaining that dreams prepare people for death and afterlife and that traditional religions have ignored dreams when it comes to death, the author attempts in this book to uncover the symbolism of death as found in dreams. She also compares death dreams to accounts of near-death experiences.
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The great difficulty we have in imagining our own life after death, and the difficulty also for survivors to believe in an after-life for the deceased, may well be accounted for by the fact that while still living we identify almost completely with the body. Read the first page
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The great difficulty we have in imagining our own life after death, and the difficulty also for survivors to believe in an after-life for the deceased, may well be accounted for by the fact that while still living we identify almost completely with the body. Read the first page
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
What does the unconscious say ....
10 Jun 2006
This Jung quote sums up the theme of this book:
"If there is something we cannot know, we must necessarily abandon it as an intellectual problem ... But if an idea about it is offered to me - in dreams or in mythic traditions - I ought to take note of it. I even ought to build up a conception on the basis of such hints, even though it will forever remain a hypothesis."
Von Franz uses dreams, alchemy (Komarios to Cleopatra), and Egyptian mythology as exploratory tools to convincingly show that for the unconscious life after death is axiomatic.
Incredibly it seems the individuation process may continue after death!
Von Franzs style and elegance make this a book that you will want to read more than once. Also a very nice 8-page forward by Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas.
"If there is something we cannot know, we must necessarily abandon it as an intellectual problem ... But if an idea about it is offered to me - in dreams or in mythic traditions - I ought to take note of it. I even ought to build up a conception on the basis of such hints, even though it will forever remain a hypothesis."
Von Franz uses dreams, alchemy (Komarios to Cleopatra), and Egyptian mythology as exploratory tools to convincingly show that for the unconscious life after death is axiomatic.
Incredibly it seems the individuation process may continue after death!
Von Franzs style and elegance make this a book that you will want to read more than once. Also a very nice 8-page forward by Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas.
23 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Mary S. Stowell
22 Nov 1999
This is a wonderful book about how the psyche believes in life beyond bodily death. It is full of stories, myths, and experiences that will wake you up. I have given away so many copies of this book that I always keep an extra on hand. I am glad it is back in print.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Worth every penny.
12 Jan 2009
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A must for thanatologists, psychologists who work with the dying and anyone for whom death is not merely an end.
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