Bøger af Sibylle Birkhäuser-Oeri

This unique book impressively illustrates how the mother complexfunctions both in the world and in the human psyche. On the basisof classic fairy tales - Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, SleepingBeauty and others - the positive and negative aspects of the mothercomplex are described and provided with context. This is the first publication in English of thismaterial in its original unabridged form."This book ... compares processes in the unconscious with mythic images in fairy tales in order to bringclarity to what is obscure. It is the distillation of many years of experience and concern with psychicissues and ... [offers] both men and women an illuminating perspective on their personal problems... For many it will serve to bring light in to the dark area so full of vague promise and peril, whichconfronts us again and again from the 'realm of the mothers.'- From the Foreword by Marie-Louise von FranzSybille Birkhäuser-Oeri was a prominent Jungian analyst in Basel until her death in 1971.She was the wife of painter-illustrator Peter Birkhäuser.