Contents

The Worlds of Psychology and Myth

Part I Ecstasy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy

1.   The Myth of Dionysus

2.   What Is Ecstasy?

3.   The Rise and Fall of Dionysus

4.   The Other Side of Ecstasy

5.   Celebration of Ecstasy

6.   Women and Dionysus: Celebration of Life

7.   Androgyny: The Union of Male and Female

8.   The Return of the Scapegoat

9.   Filled with Light or Filled with Air?

10.   The God Connection

Part II Touching Ecstasy

11.   Active Imagination: Meeting the Archetype

12.   Dreamwork: Working with the Archetype

13.   Ritual and Ceremony: Bringing Joy Home

 

Epilogue

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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