Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691017563)

Essays on a Science of Mythology is a cooperative work between C. Ker駭yi, who has been called "the most psychological of mythologists," and C. G. Jung, who has been called "the most mythological of psychologists." Ker駭yi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the Kore (the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psychological commentary on each essay. Both men hoped, through their collaboration, to elevate the study of mythology to the status of a science.

In "The Primordial Child in Primordial Times" Ker駭yi treats the child-God as an enduring and significant figure in Greek, Norse, Finnish, Etruscan, and Judeo-Christian mythology. He discusses the Kore as Athena, Artemis, Hecate, and Demeter-Persephone, the mother-daughter of the Eleusinian mysteries. Jung speaks of the Divine Child and the Maiden as living psychological realities that provide continuing meaning in people's lives.

The investigations of C. Ker駭yi are continued in a later study, Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter (Princeton).

Author: C. G. Jung, Carl Ker駭yi
ISBN-10: 0691017565
ISBN-13: 9780691017563
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/21/1969
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.53w x 0.54d