The Soul in Conflict: Polytheism & Monotheism in the Western Psyche
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In today's episode, Rick shares a paper he wrote called The Soul in Conflict, which uses archetypal psychology to look at the pagan / Christian divide that tends to unconsciously exist in the Western psyche. For more from Rick Alexander, visit www.rickalexander.com To register for the upcoming psychology of Cannabis workshop, click here - - Intro Music: Royals, by Vitamin String Quartet Outro Music: I am, by Satsang Sources used in today's show: Eknath, Easwaran. The Bhagavad Gita. Nilgiri Press, 2019. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, and Stanley Appelbaum. Self-Reliance, and Other Essays. DoverPublications, 2016.  Frantz, Alison. From Paganism to Christianity in the Temples of Athens.  Hillman, James. Re-Visioning Psychology. HarperCollins, 1975.  Hillman, James. Mythic Figures. Spring Publications, 2021.  History Today. “The Dream of Constantine.” History Today, Volume 69 Issue 3 March 2019 www.historytoday.com/archive/foundations/dream-constantine.   López-Pedraza, Rafael. Cultural Anxiety. Daimon Verlag, 1994.  Paris, Ginette, and Gwendolyn Moore. Pagan Meditations: The Worlds of Aphrodite, Artemis, and Hestia. Spring Publications, 1991.  
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