NYTT FRÅN CJP

2009-07-01

Juli 2009

THE HERO AND HIS SHADOW

Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel

(New revised edition)

AV EREL SHALIT

Ny reviderad upplaga. Engelska. Hft, 189 sid med index, bibliografi och kortfattad jungiansk ordlista. ISBN 0-7618-2724-2. Pris 395 kr (porto tillkommer).

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The Hero and His Shadow uses the history of Israeli society to examine the psychological perspective of collective processes. Erel Shalit focuses on the actualization of the Zionist myth, which depended on a small group of individuals to transform the idea into matter by merging personal identity with collective idea. He finds that this process emanates from the close proximity of the life of the individual and the life of the collective in Israel. Shalit searches for the psychological relationships and motivations of the people of Israel as they evolved from a movement into a nation of people guided by similar ideals.

Recognizing the use of the images of the pioneer-farmer, the guardsman, and the warrior, which became admired hero-ideals, he delves into the shadow side of the guiding myths of modern Israel. Here he found feelings of hubris, weakness, arrogance, and despair. Shalit exposes these aspects, normally repressed and left in the background, to fully explore the personal and collective ideas behind the Zionist myth.

Juli 2009

ENEMY, CRIPPLE
& BEGGAR

Shadows in the Hero´s Path

AV EREL SHALIT

Engelska. Hft, 246 sid, med index och bibliografi. Pris 179 kr (porto tillkommer).

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In Enemy, Cripple, & Beggar: Shadows in the Hero’s Path, Erel Shalit provides new thoughts and views on the concepts of Hero and Shadow. From a Jungian perspective, this book elaborates 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. The Hero is that aspect of our psyche, or in society, who dares to venture into the unknown, into the shadow of the unconscious, bringing us in touch with the darker aspects in our soul and in the world. In fact, it is the hero whom we send each night into the land of dreams to bring home the treasures of the unconscious. He, or no less she, will have to struggle with the Enemy that so often is mis-projected onto the detested Other, learn to care and attend to the Cripple who carries our crippling complexes and weaknesses, and develop respect for the shabby Beggar to whom we so often turn our backs - for it is the ’beggar in need’ who holds the key to our inner Self.

Erel Shalit är född och uppvuxen i Sverige, men numera privatpraktiserande jungiansk analytiker i Ra´anana (Israel) och utbildningsanalytiker vid Israel Society of Analytical Psychology. För svensk publik är han känd från sina uppskattade seminarier vid CJP Centrum för Jungiansk Psykologi och IDP Institutet för Drömpsykologi, Solna, och för sin bok på svenska Oidipus, komplexets arketyp (CJP 2001).