Sex As Symbol: The Ancient Light in Modern Psychology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564591791)

Sex As Symbol: The Ancient Light in Modern Psychology by Alvin Boyd Kuhn is a book that explores the symbolic meaning of sex in ancient cultures and how it has been carried over into modern psychology. The author argues that the sexual act is not just a physical act, but also a spiritual and symbolic one that has been used as a metaphor for the creation and transformation of consciousness. Kuhn draws on the works of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and other psychologists to show how the sexual symbolism is present in dreams, myths, and religious texts. The book also delves into the history of sexuality in various cultures, including ancient Egypt, Greece, and India. Through his analysis, Kuhn aims to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the spiritual and psychological significance of sex and how it can be used as a tool for personal growth and transformation. Overall, Sex As Symbol is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the symbolic meaning of sex and its role in human psychology.The prominence of phallic symbols in high ancient religious systems has never before been understood, much less sanely expounded and vindicated as something transcending gross sensualism. It is not too much to assert that in this work sex is given its truly lofty place and rated at its exalted character for the first time in religious literature. For not only is sex revealed as the truest key-symbol of the supreme significance of human life itself, but it is brilliantly analyzed as to its place and function in the individual human's program of evolution, his sanity, balance, mental health and happiness. If it is possible for one book to lift sex from low and base regard to a veritable pinnacle of purity and nobility in the light of its true character, this book will do it. Partial Contents: Bright Lexicon of Deity; Drama Bears Misshapen Offspring; And God Spake Unto Moses; The God's Distribute Divinity; Lost Data of Anthropology; Two Subterranean Grottoes; In Pluto's Dark Realm; The Two Mothers of the Christ; Immanuel's Lamp; Child is Father of the Man; Language of Lingham and Yoni; Phallicism Transfigured; Love and Hate; Love Looks Beyond Death; Romance in the Trysting-Tent; Phoenix Lives Again; Oil of Gladness; My Cup Runneth Over.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Alvin Boyd Kuhn
ISBN-10: 1564591794
ISBN-13: 9781564591791
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1992
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 10.66h x 7.90w x 0.78d