Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [93]-95).

Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Michael Sexson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-90).

Universities in South Africa are currently undergoing mergers. Intended for commercial gain, mergers rarely accommodate the psychological milieu of staff. Similarly, the majority of studies conducted with respect to university mergers adopt a quantitative approach. This study adopts a qualitative approach and locates the researcher within the epicentre of the research, using a case study, with the researcher as unit of analysis. The lack of merger studies that focus on the experiences of minority groups, including women, prompted me, as researcher, to adopt a feminist approach to conduct this study in the context of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University merger. A Jungian gendered view, which endorses the personal experiences of minority groups, explored the connection between organisational change and concomitant opportunities for psychic growth. The primary purpose of this study was to explore the presence of the Wild Woman archetype during a university merger. The data that made up this study were contained in my field notes, research journal and a wall montage. An analysis of the qualitative data and a comparison of Jung’s archetypal theory and Pinkola Estés’ theory of the Wild Woman archetype, enabled the researcher to find evidence of the presence of the Wild Woman archetype during the university merger. The secondary purpose of the study was to document the findings which could act as a spoor which other women could follow on their journey towards connecting with their own Wild Woman archetype. The limitations of this study, and recommendations for future research are also offered.

This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons.

Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / This thesis deals with the connection between mythology and psychagogy, and a structured way of reading and using myth for personal development is suggested. The myth of Demeter and Persephone is used for this purpose, and the text of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is analysed as the basic (but not exclusive) text. In the modern world the psychagogic component relies on the work of Jung, which is seen as the most appropriate template available. His concept of the archetype is particularly useful, and the archetype of the mother goddess is analysed as a representation of the personal and spiritual development of modern women.

by Carrie Yuk-ching Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 137-149. / Acknowledgement / Chapter / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- The Mother Archetype --- p.9 / Chapter III. --- "An Archetypal Analysis of ""Death in Chicago""" --- p.28 / Chapter IV. --- "An Archetypal Analysis of A Passage to India ´ؤ with a Brief Comparison with ""Death in Chicago""" --- p.73 / Chapter V. --- Conclusion --- p.117 / Notes --- p.126 / Bibliography --- p.137

The novel Children Of The Earth is about transformation. It uses Ovid's Metamorphoses as a metaphor for the processes which occur in the psyche of each character, and is based on Jungian insights into myth and alchemy. Archetypes that underlie the unconscious processes of all humanity are seen in the symbolism of three very different religious traditions, namely Greek mythology, the Hebrew Old Testament and Australian Aboriginal beliefs. I explore the ways in which these three great mythologies might have converged in colonial South Australia. The story deals with the troubled marriage of isolated settler couple, Hestia and Adam George, and the effects on it of three people who come into their lives. Itinerant German mineralogist Johannes Menge ( based on a real life pioneer ) is a self-taught, eccentric polymath, and a devout but unorthodox exponent of the Bible. In Jungian terms he fulfils the role of an archetypal, but flawed, ' Wise Old Man'. Menge represents nineteenth century Protestantism, albeit still trailing some arcane superstitions. His protégé, a disgraced young teacher of classics, calls himself Hermes, and represents the role of Greek mythology in European civilization. Reliving the life of the mercurial god in the antipodes, he becomes messenger, trickster and seducer. Unatildi, an Indigenous girl whom Adam finds in a burnt-out tree trunk, is an archetypal maiden. She introduces the Europeans to the mythology of their new land, as sacred for her people as the Bible is for Johannes Menge. Each of these three characters plays a part in transforming the marriage of Adam and Hestia, and each, in turn, undergoes a personal metamorphosis. Aboriginal women act as midwives at the birth of the love-child of Hestia and Hermes. Named Sophia, after the goddess of wisdom, the new child is thought to have inherited the miwi spirit of Unatildi's lost infant. On his deathbed, as Menge bequeaths his wisdom to his Australian friends, he predicts that Sophia will understand the sacredness of all spiritual life. Eventually Hestia and Adam find themselves changed by their encounters with the archetypes of myth. News of Menge's death on the goldfields gives them the courage they need to begin rebuilding an honest relationship. The novel is 107,400 words in length and is accompanied by an exegesis of 20,170 word, entitled Myth And Alchemy In Creative Writing. The exegesis describes the interactive process of researching and writing, as well as exploring the value of Jungian concepts for creative writing, and current issues of creating Indigenous characters. There is an emphasis on the Jungian approach to mythology and alchemy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Humanities, 2006.

Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung describes the encounter with the archetype of the shadow as the initial step to be taken by any individual seeking to initiate the individuation process. Jung observes a close relationship between this process and religion, suggesting that a psychologically beneficial religion can help guide the subject through individuation. Yet Jung finds few existing religious traditions that satisfy his criteria. Wicca, a neopagan religion popular in Europe and North America, presents itself at times as consciously psychological, striving to lead the practitioner to a goal of self-transformation, yielding a product that strangely resembles the individuated person. The objective therefore becomes not to criticize Wiccan religious claims, nor to deconstruct Jungian philosophy, but to identify the points of intersection between Wiccan theology/theology and Jungian psychology of religion, with a particular emphasis on the archetype of the shadow.

The novel Children Of The Earth is about transformation. It uses Ovid's Metamorphoses as a metaphor for the processes which occur in the psyche of each character, and is based on Jungian insights into myth and alchemy. Archetypes that underlie the unconscious processes of all humanity are seen in the symbolism of three very different religious traditions, namely Greek mythology, the Hebrew Old Testament and Australian Aboriginal beliefs. I explore the ways in which these three great mythologies might have converged in colonial South Australia. The story deals with the troubled marriage of isolated settler couple, Hestia and Adam George, and the effects on it of three people who come into their lives. Itinerant German mineralogist Johannes Menge ( based on a real life pioneer ) is a self-taught, eccentric polymath, and a devout but unorthodox exponent of the Bible. In Jungian terms he fulfils the role of an archetypal, but flawed, ' Wise Old Man'. Menge represents nineteenth century Protestantism, albeit still trailing some arcane superstitions. His protégé, a disgraced young teacher of classics, calls himself Hermes, and represents the role of Greek mythology in European civilization. Reliving the life of the mercurial god in the antipodes, he becomes messenger, trickster and seducer. Unatildi, an Indigenous girl whom Adam finds in a burnt-out tree trunk, is an archetypal maiden. She introduces the Europeans to the mythology of their new land, as sacred for her people as the Bible is for Johannes Menge. Each of these three characters plays a part in transforming the marriage of Adam and Hestia, and each, in turn, undergoes a personal metamorphosis. Aboriginal women act as midwives at the birth of the love-child of Hestia and Hermes. Named Sophia, after the goddess of wisdom, the new child is thought to have inherited the miwi spirit of Unatildi's lost infant. On his deathbed, as Menge bequeaths his wisdom to his Australian friends, he predicts that Sophia will understand the sacredness of all spiritual life. Eventually Hestia and Adam find themselves changed by their encounters with the archetypes of myth. News of Menge's death on the goldfields gives them the courage they need to begin rebuilding an honest relationship. The novel is 107,400 words in length and is accompanied by an exegesis of 20,170 word, entitled Myth And Alchemy In Creative Writing. The exegesis describes the interactive process of researching and writing, as well as exploring the value of Jungian concepts for creative writing, and current issues of creating Indigenous characters. There is an emphasis on the Jungian approach to mythology and alchemy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Humanities, 2006.

Orientador: Joel Sales Giglio / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T17:22:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Caramujo_AnaMariaPiresdeCampos_M.pdf: 78748796 bytes, checksum: 0c1fd1d80cde754ab51eb62112060a28 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Este trabalho é um estudo qualitativo com base na fenomenologia e teve por objetivo investigar se as imagens mentais que surgem a partir da escuta de músicas sagradas e/ou litúrgicas de diferentes culturas, após a aplicação da calatonia (relaxamento nos pés), em indivíduos ateus, trazem conteúdos ou temas religiosos. As músicas foram escolhidas com base nas religiões mais praticadas no Brasil de acordo com o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), (2000). A amostra é intencional e fechada pelo critério de saturação, composto por seis ateus, adultos, voluntários, de ambos os gêneros, de 28 a 65 anos, idade produtiva segundo dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), (2000), pertencentes à classe social média alta, cuja instrução mínima é o curso superior completo. Os seis indivíduos, depois da escuta musical realizaram um desenho que representasse a experiência com a música e em seguida responderam a uma entrevista semi-estruturada que foi gravada e anotada pelo pesquisador, pois as imagens mentais podem aparecer ou não graficamente. Os desenhos e as respostas do questionário e a fala espontânea, foram analisadas e interpretadas à luz da abordagem da psicologia analítica proposta pelo psiquiatra Carl Gustav Jung, por dois especialistas da área. Foi possível perceber que a aplicação do procedimento promoveu relaxamento, tranquilidade e apaziguamento, facilitando um estado de "alteração da consciência", não no sentido médico, mas um relaxamento necessário e suficiente para que ocorra um diálogo criativo do ego com o Self. Religiosidade, neste estudo, significa a conexão do eixo Ego-Self, a experiência da conexão do ego com algo que o indivíduo compreende como Maior do que ele mesmo é a ligação com a divindade, com o Self. Foram considerados os seguintes aspectos a partir da aplicação deste procedimento: 1º) Facilitou o surgimento de imagens mentais e na maior parte das vezes, trouxeram conteúdos ou temas religiosos, tais como: construções de templos, igrejas, gestos de oração, elementos da natureza como sol, deserto, fogo, presentes em diversas religiões representando simultaneamente, uma divindade, a morada da divindade, ou a própria divindade, entre outros; 2º) Os seis indivíduos expressaram em todas as sessões a sensação de relaxamento mencionada anteriormente, mesmo quando a escuta da música lhes pareceu desagradável; 3º) Todos os mantras promoveram a emergência de imagens mentais com conteúdos religiosos, ou nos títulos, ou nas palavras, na entrevista ou nos desenhos, de acordo com recentes estudos que mostram que não é necessário compreender as palavras para ser afetado; 4º)No final do processo, cinco sujeitos relataram que apreciaram o formato do procedimento, as cinco sessões, a escuta de uma música em cada uma delas, após a calatonia. Todos os indivíduos reconheceram que apesar da música não ter sido sempre agradável, o fato de a calatonia prepará-los para uma escuta mais profunda ajudou-os a aceitá-la mesmo quando não gostavam da música; 5º) Outra conotação significativa da pesquisa foi a constatação do preconceito ainda vigente em relação a se declarar ateu. Apesar de ser um trabalho introdutório, uma pesquisa de levantamento de dados, e ter sido aplicado apenas em poucos ateus, foram obtidos resultados que nos levam a considerar a proposta de continuar pesquisando e ampliando este estudo, e, dependendo dos resultados, colocar em prática os procedimentos / Abstract: This work is a qualitative study based on phenomenology and its objective was to investigate if the mental images that rise from listening sacred or liturgical music of different cultures, after applying calatonia (feet relaxing) in atheist people, bring contents or religious matters. The music were chosen based on the most practiced religions in Brazil, IBGE, 2000.The sample is intentional and closed by the saturation criteria, composed by six atheists, adults, voluntary of both genders, 28 to 65 years old, productive age according to IBGE data, 2000, included belonging to high medium social class, with Universitary Courses. These six individuals, after music listening, made a drawing representing the experience with the music and afterwards they answered a semi-structured interview which was recorded and noted by the researcher, because mental images may appear or not drawn. The drawings and the answers of the interviews and spontaneous speaking were analyzed and interpreted at an approaching analytic psychology proposed by psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, by two specialists. It was possible to realize that the application of this procedure promoted relaxing, tranquility and appeasement, facilitating "conscience alterated state", not in the medical sense, but a necessary and sufficient relaxing in order to happen a creative dialogue between ego and Self. Religiosity, in this study, is the connection Ego-Self, that is the conscience dialoguing with Whole significative, to experience an ego connection with things that the individual understands greater than himself. It's the nexus with deity, with the Self. The following aspects were considered from the application of this procedure: 1) It facilitated the appearance of mental images and most of the times, they brought contents or religious matters such as: temple buildings, churches, praying gestures, Nature elements like sun, desert, fire, present in several religions representing simultaneously a deity, deity dwelling or the own deity, among others; 2) The six individuals expressed in all the sessions the feeling of relaxing mentioned above, even when the listening of the music seemed them disagreeable; 3) All the mantras promoted the emergency of mental images with religious contents, either in the titles, or in the words, or interview, or in the drawings, aligned with recent studies that show that it isn't necessary to understand the words for being affected. 4) At the end of the process, these five individuals commented they appreciated the procedure frame, the five sessions, the listening of music in each one of them after calatonia. All individuals recognized, that in spite of music was not always agreeable, the fact of calatonia preparing them to a deeper listening helped them to accept it, even when they didn't like the music; 5) Another significative consideration of the research, was to know about prejudice still valid in declaring themselves atheist. Despite being and an introductory work, data research and having been applied in few atheists, the outcomes obtained lead us to consider the proposal of continuing the research and amplifying this study and depending on the results, put the procedure at work / Mestrado / Ciencias Biologicas / Mestra em Ciências Médicas