Contents: -

Introduction

Part I Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype

1 On the Concept of the Archetype
2 The Mother Archetype
3 The Mother-Complex
I) The Mother-Complex of the Son
II) The Mother-Complex of The Daughter
(a) Hypertrophy of the Maternal Element
(b) Overdevelopment of Eros
(c) Identity with the Mother
(d) Resistance to the Mother

4 Positive Aspects of the Mother-Complex

I) The Mother
II) The Overdeveloped Eros
III) The "Nothing-But" Daughter
VI) The Negative Mother-Complex


5 Conclusion

Part II Concerning REbirth

1 Forms of Rebirth
2 The Psychology of Rebirth
I) Experience of the Transcendence of Life

(a) Experience Induced by Ritual
(b) Immediate Experiences


II) Subjective Transformation

(a) Diminution of Personality
(b) Enlargement of Personality
(c) Change of Internal Structure
(d) Identification with a group
(e) Identification with a Cult-Hero
(f) Magical Procedures
(g) Technical Transformation
(h) Natural Transformation (Individuation)

3 A Typical Set of Symbols Illustrating the Process of Transformation

Part II The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales

1 The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales

I) Concerning the Word "Spirit"
II) Self-Representation of the Spirit in Dreams
III) The Spirit in Fairytales
IV) Theriomorphic Spirit Symbolism in Fairytales
V) Supplement
VI) Conclusion

Part IV on the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure

1 On the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure

Bibliography
Index