Ego and Self: The Old Testament Prophets: From Isaiah to Malachi

by Edward F. Edinger, J. Gary Sparks (Editor)

Overview

Originally a lecture series presented at the C.G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, Ego and Self is a psychological commentary on the so-called prophetic books contained in the Old Testament. It is a continuation of Dr. Edinger's detailed exegesis begun in The Bible and the Psyche: Individuation Symbolism in the Old Testament (Inner City, 1986).

"All history," he writes, "is a visible manifestation of God's engagement in human affairs, God on the human plane, so to speak. All history is that, but it is as though the Jews were the only ones who realized it--with their religious genius, their ability to perceive the transpersonal dimension working in the background.

"If we think of collective history as meaningful, then we'll attribute the same level of importance to individual history. First of all to our own individual history and to that of our patients, the details of which can be perceived as a dialogue between the Self and the developing ego--evidence of a transpersonal purpose in our lives."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780919123915
Publisher:	Inner City Books
Publication date:	06/28/2000
Series:	Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.64(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	7
	Edward F. Edinger: 1922-1998	8
	Editor's Foreword	9
	Introduction: History As Sacred Scripture	13
1	Isaiah, Part One	15
	The Day of Yahweh	16
	The Righteous Remnant	24
	The Messiah	25
	The Messianic Banquet	29
2	Isaiah, Part Two	32
	Cyclic Encounters with the Self	32
	The Suffering Servant of Yahweh	40
3	Jeremiah, Part One	47
	The Prophet Archetype	47
	The Prophethood of Jeremiah	48
	Prophesying and Psychosis	56
4	Jeremiah, Part Two	60
	Purchasing a Field	60
	The Vessel of Divine Wrath	64
	The Two Covenants	68
5	Lamentations; Ezekiel, Part One	75
	Lamentations	75
	Ezekiel	77
	The Throne-Chariot Vision	79
6	Ezekiel, Part Two	91
	The Personal and the Collective	91
	The Good Shepherd	92
	Relations Between the Ego and the Self	98
7	Daniel; Hosea	105
	Daniel	105
	Nebuchadnezzar's Two Dreams	105
	The Fiery Furnace	107
	Handwriting on the Wall	108
	Daniel's Apocalyptic Vision	110
	Hosea	114
	The Unfaithful Wife	114
	The Death of God	117
8	Jonah	120
	The Flight from God	120
	The Willing Sacrifice	126
	The Night Sea Journey	127
	In the Belly of the Whale	132
9	Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah; Haggai; Zechariah; Malachi	136
	Nahum	136
	Habakkuk	137
	Zephaniah	137
	Haggai	138
	Zechariah	138
	Malachi	140
	The Eternal Enmity	140
	Yahweh As a Dark Cloud	146
	The Messianic Age	149
	Publisher's Tribute to Edward F. Edinger	151
	Bibliography	152
	Index	154