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. Life's Daughter/Death's Bride. Boston: Shambala, 1997. Pp. xviii + 251. Hbk $ 27.50.
An interesting and well-written approach to the Demeter-Persephone myth. Carlson includes both personal and clinical material and uses the feminine psychology and ‘Goddess’ literature to good effect, achieving an overall balance between exploration, reflection and imagination. Her particular contribution lies in the work she does on reviewing the myth through the contrasting lenses of patriarchal and matriarchal interpretations and in considering the case where a woman who has been acculturated within a patriarchal setting may need to ‘work the myth backwards’ in order to recover the life- giving and transformative power of the ‘Great Mother’/ Demeter. This would entail a recognition that such a woman was already in the grip of the shadow side of Zeus, Hades (the negative animus par excellence), and the work to be done would focus on the ‘gestative transformation’ of his seed, Brimos, her son.
(ed.). Jungian Analysis. Chicago: Open Court, 1997 (2 nd ed.). Pp. xi + 462. Hbk £35.50; Pbk £17.50.
In his Preface to this collection of eighteen papers written by practising Jungian analysts in the United States, Stein writes, ‘Perhaps the most often mentioned distinctive feature of Jungian analysis is its openness to and appreciation of the spiritual dimension of human experience … Jungian analysts … tend to share at least one article of faith: that the psyche is meaning-creating and meaning-responsive and that it is fed by spiritual resources beyond the limitations of an individual's cultural and educational background … Each of the chapters in this volume assumes this position, even if this may not be spelled out explicitly …’. The book is divided into four parts: One - Introduction, Two - The Structure and Dynamics of Analysis (chapters on the analytic structure, dreams, active imagination, transference/countertransference, gender issues,