Wisdom of the Psyche: Depth
Psychology after Neuroscience by
Ginette Paris
Excellent Look At Archetypal Psychology
This book investigates that aspect of the psyche that seeks to destroy
relationships, to leave, to go down and stay low for as long as it takes for
the old identity to die. Revisiting the basic principles of depth psychology,
Paris explores the ways in which the body manifests what the psyche
refuses to see. In a language largely free of clinical jargon, the author
shows how this turning inward and downward comes from the unconscious
sense that if the exhausted old me does not die, the body will execute the
death wish in a very literal fashion. Contrary to most self-help books of
popular psychology, the way out of those destructive states does not start
with an upward, positive, willful effort of the ego. It begins with an opening
of the imagination, producing dark twisted frightening images, because one
has to imagine what needs to die.

Personal Review: Wisdom of the Psyche: Depth Psychology
after Neuroscience by Ginette Paris
This is a brilliant portrayal of what depth psychology is, and an application
of it in real life that calls for a new approach to psychology for all of us. Its
true that I am a student of depth psychology, however, Paris' book is so
approachable without jargon and intimidating or obscure references, that
even those without a psychology background, can pick it up...but I caution
you if you do...you will not want to put it down! It is absolutely gripping...a
perfectly balanced weaving of multiple provocative and informative
strands, including a very beautiful human lived experience of "applied
depth psychology". I have purchased (3) additional copies, other than my
own, and given to friends not in the field. This is not a "psychology" book, it
is a book that opens your mind and heart to consider a new way of being in
the world...one that requires a bracketing of the materialistic science-only
model, allowing the bigger story of wisdom and mystery to uplift and inform
our experience.
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