The Creation Of Consciousness by Edward F. Edinger

Jung's Myth for Modern Man

An accessible overview of Jungian psychology that proposes a new guiding myth for modern people: the growth of consciousness through a conscious, ethical relationship between the ego and the transpersonal Self. Drawing on biblical, mythological, and alchemical symbolism, it traces the transformation of the God-image from an external authority to an inner psychic reality and interprets crises like nihilism and inflation as stages in individuation. It offers orientation for contemporary spiritual dislocation by treating psychological development as a symbolic, sacred process of integration and meaning-making.