The Bearskin Quiver
The Bearskin Quiver

Author: Gregory McNamee

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 3856306102

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Once upon a time, an Apache story tells us, the trickster called Coyote killed a bear so that he could make a suitable quiver for his magical arrows. You shouldn't have done that, someone warned Coyote. That skin will only bring you bad luck. And so it has been for Coyote ever since, chased by bears and humans alike. In this charming collection of folktales from long ago, we read of the creation of the world, of the ways of animals, of the beguiling Coyote, of the world in which we live and other worlds that hide just beyond our sight. Drawn from the oral literatures of some twenty Southwestern American Indian peoples, these stories teach us about the constants of those dry places: about how the clouds form in the sky, how the heat rises from the ground, how the animals move about from one shady spot to another, and how the people once lived their lives. All these stories show us “ as the great anthropologist, Claude Lévi-Strauss, observed “ that folktales are not mere afterthoughts of literature, just pleasant stories to tell around the campfire, but rather valuable tools for reflection upon our own lives.

Myths and Tales of the White Mountain Apache
Myths and Tales of the White Mountain Apache

Author: Grenville Goodwin

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0816533504

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“This volume contains translations of Apache stories that reflect our distinct view of the world and our approach to life. These myths and fables have survived through untold generations because the truth contained in them is eternal and the moral lessons that they teach are still valid. . . . You can read these stories and catch a glimpse of how our ancestors observed nature, drew metaphors from everyday observations and happenings, and applied the lessons learned to everyday life. Read them and you will see how harmony with nature and the natural world is the goal of every Apache.” —Ronnie Lupe, Tribal Chairman, White Mountain Apache Tribe These fifty-seven tales (with seven variants) gathered between 1931 and 1936 include major cycles dealing with Creation and Coyote, minor tales, and additional stories derived from Spanish and Mexican tradition. The tales are of two classes: holy tales said by some to explain the origin of ceremonies and holy powers, and tales which have to do with the creation of the earth, the emergence, the flood, the slaying of monsters, and the origin of customs. As Grenville Goodwin was the first anthropologist to work with the White Mountain Apache, his insights remain a primary source on this people.

Battle of Symbols
Battle of Symbols

Author: John Fraim

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 385630620X

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With a focus on the three-month period following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, marketing consultant Fraim explains how American symbols are created, communicated, managed, and understood. He discusses the emergence of symbols from their traditional residence in religion, art, dreams, and particular cultures to a new ubiquitous global status and argues that future wars will be increasingly fought over and won through the use of symbols. Distributed by Continuum. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Healing Dream and Ritual
Healing Dream and Ritual

Author: C. A. Meier

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 3856306293

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C. A. Meier investigates the ancient Greek understanding of dreams and dreaming, Antique incubation and concomitant rituals. In this greatly expanded version of his classic work, "Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy" Meier compares Asklepian divine medicine with our own contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches to dreaming. He elucidates how the healing cure was found in the very core of illness itself -- a fact of invaluable significance today in both medicine and psychology. In helping us to recognise the suprapersonal aspects of illness, the dream is shown to reveal a transcendental path to healing.

Varieties of Mythic Experience
Varieties of Mythic Experience

Author: Dennis Patrick Slattery

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 3856307257

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This book presents contributions from different authors covering the mythical basis for different religions. It also shows how psychology and philosopy have been influenced by myths.

Eranos Yearbook 69: 2006/2007/2008
Eranos Yearbook 69: 2006/2007/2008

Author: Foundation Eranos

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2010-05-25

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 3856307346

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The yearbook for the conferences in 2006, 2007, and 2008 has just been published in a single volume, and there are some gems to be found: Ervin Laszlo on Some Universal Features of the Needed Transformation, Heyong Shen on Psychology of the Heart, and Luigi Zoja on Reductionism: A Western Disease? In 1933 in a secluded villa on the mountainous shore of Lago Maggiore, in Ascona, Switzerland, a group of scholars, organized by the inspired Olg

The Enchantment of Gardens
The Enchantment of Gardens

Author: Ruth Ammann

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 3856307249

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Ancient wisdom tells us that gardens have a healing, nourishing effect on the human soul and body. The garden belongs to the great archetype of life and is one of the few big archetypal images that are experienced primarily as positive. This positive experience is significant because the garden is a part of the natural and cultural human environment, and thus, is particularly influential in the interaction between human beings and their environment.

Looking for Gold
Looking for Gold

Author: Susan M. Tiberghien

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2007-09-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 3856307184

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The author relates an experience that belongs to everyone -- the experience of soul. Susan Tiberghien shares a year of dreams, analysis, daily life. A writer, mother, woman in love, she enters her inner world, experiencing vertigo and breathlessness until she lets the light and darkness fuse within her. Each of the chapters marks a turn, with a dream and an epiphany. They build upon one another, as the reader enters cyclical time, discovering that dreams, too, have their seasons.

Spiritual Aspects of Clinical Work
Spiritual Aspects of Clinical Work

Author: Ann Belford Ulanov

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 385630634X

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How does the spirit come into clinical work? Through the analyst? In the analysand's work in the analysis? What happens to human destructiveness if we embrace a vision of non-violence? Do dreams open us to spiritual life? What is the difference between repetition compulsion and ritual? How does religion feed terrorism? What happens if analysts must wrestle with hate in themselves? Do psychotherapy and spirituality compete, or contradict, or converse with each other? What does religion uniquely offer, beyond what psychoanalysis can do, to our surviving and thriving? This book abounds with such important questions and discussions of their answers.

Soul Hunger
Soul Hunger

Author: Daniel Hell

Publisher: Daimon

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3856307303

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To be soul-filled has become an expression for intense sensations and experiences. And yet, aren't human beings emotional creatures, feeling impaired when psychological perceptions become dulled? Among the chapters: A Short History of the Soul Diseased Soul, The Body of the Soul Is Emotional, and The Shamed Shame Depression: Discouraged Feeling."