Clio's Circle: Entering The Imaginal World Of Historians

by Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer

Overview

How do historians recreate historical moments as if they can reach out and touch, smell, hear, see and even taste the past? How do historians make that imaginative leap back into time? According to Dr. Ruth Meyer, dreams, visions and altered states form an unacknowledged and misunderstood part of the historian’s creative process. Drawing on the autobiographical writings of historians such as Arnold Toynbee and Simon Schama, Meyer weaves together the insights of depth psychology with life-changing moments of historical inspiration. Clio, the muse of history, joins with her sister Psyche to reveal the missing link in understanding how history is written.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781882670703
Publisher:	Spring Journal Inc
Publication date:	12/15/2007
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgements     vii
Image Credits     x
Foreword     xi
Entering Clio's Circle: Obstacles and Fellow Travelers     1
Seeking Allies in Clio's Circle: Archetypal Figures of the Historical Imagination     21
Journeying to Clio's Dark Side: Experiencing the Fear and Wonder of the Historical Imagination     55
Walking into Clio's Circle: The Archive of Soles     91
Arnold Toynbee's Walks into the Troughs of Time     115
Dreaming in Clio's Circle: Visions and Callings of Historians     131
Eros and the Historian: Experiences of Initiation and Inspiration from Archives around the World     157
Healing in Clio's Circle: The Therapeutic Past     171
Notes     177
Index     201