Metaphors of the Feminine and Masculine – Table of Contents

Contents

PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 1: Gender Considerations
Historical Considerations
Femaleness and Maleness
Biology of Belief
Evolutionary Lens on Gender
Complementary Strategies

Chapter 2: How the Self Develops
Listening to Our Biological Wisdom
The Search for Perfection
Fictional Finalism
Developing an Inferiority Complex
The Creative Power of the Self
The Will, Anxiety and Guilt
Our Will
The Separation/Symbiotic Paradox
A Tool For Overcoming Guilt

Chapter 3: Defense Mechanisms That Impede Our Growth
Repression
Suppression
Denial
Displacement
Reaction Formation
Projection
Regression
Rationalization
Fixation
Sublimation
Summary

Chapter 4: Understanding Archetypes
Individuation
The Nature of Libido
Principle of Opposites
Principle of Equivalence
Principle of Entropy
Archetypes
The Seductive Quality of Archetypes
Major Archetypes
Persona
Shadow
Anima/Animus
Self

Chapter 5: Psychological Types
Attitudes
Introversion
Extroversion
Functions
Irrational Functions
Rational Functions
Hierarchical Nature of Functions
Eight Major Types
Extroverted-Thinking
Extroverted-Feeling
Extroverted-Sensing
Extroverted-Intuitive
Introverted-Thinking
Introverted-Feeling
Introverted-Sensing
Introverted Intuitive
Summary
Weblinks

PART II: MYTHOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING

Chapter 6: Our Guiding Myth
Our Personal Mythology

Chapter 7: Goddesses As Metaphors of Feminine Behavior
Three Categories of Feminine Archetypes
Vulnerable Goddesses
Virgin Goddesses
Alchemical Goddess
The Myth of Hera
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Demeter
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Persephone
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Artemis
The Effects of the Archetype
Awareness of Time Passing
Awareness of the Importance of Love
Procreative Instinct and Creativity
The Myth of Athena
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Hestia
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Aphrodite
The Effects of the Archetype
Summary

Chapter 8: Gods as Metaphors of Masculine Behavior
Fathers and Sons
The Myth of Zeus
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Poseidon
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Hades
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Apollo
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Hermes
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Ares
The Effects of the Archetype …
The Myth of Hephaestus
The Effects of the Archetype
The Myth of Dionysus
The Effects of the Archetype
Summary

PART III: INTEGRATION

Chapter 9: Integration of the Feminine and Masculine
Identification of Our Prevailing Myth
The Dialectical Process and the Emergence of a Countermyth
Re-Visioning Our Personal Mythology
Stage 1: Framing Personal Concerns and Difficulties in Terms of
Deeper Mythological Conflicts
Stage 2: Bringing the Roots of Each Side
of the Conflict into Focus
Stage 3: Conceiving a Unifying Mythic Vision
Stage 4: Refining the Vision into a Commitment
Toward a Renewed Mythology
Stage 5: Weaving the Renewed Mythology Into Daily Life
Cognitive Structures as Templates for Belief
Self-Statements
Coding System
Unconscious Templates
Neuronal Connections
Developmental Processes
Summary

APPENDIX: EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Questioning the Question
Exercise 2: Positive Programming
Exercise 3: Core Beliefs
Exercise 4: My Personal Fairy Tale
Exercise 5: Understanding Dreams
Exercise 6: Working With Archetypes
Exercise 7: Basic Fear Exercise.
Exercise 8: Goddesses and Gods In Me
Exercise 9: Activating My Renewed Mythology
Exercise 10: Journal Work Issues

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