Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
g. Graeco-Roman Tradition
Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
Robert M. Ellis [+]
Middle Way Society
Robert M. Ellis is author of a range of interdisciplinary books on Middle Way Philosophy, both within and beyond Buddhism. These have included The Buddha’s Middle Way: Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching (Equinox Publishing, 2019) and Archetypes in Religion and Beyond: A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration (Equinox Publishing, 2022). He is also founder of the Middle Way Society and of Tirylan House Retreat Centre in Wales.
Description
Graeco-Roman mythology is much stronger on the symbolization of hero, anima/animus, and shadow functions that on the God archetype. This is a gap that was initially addressed conceptually for an elite by Greek philosophy, and then more fully by Christianity.