Cupid and Psyche Update
Feb. 22nd, 2011 08:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI'm still working with "Cupid and Psyche."
Rather to my surprise, I'm getting a lot out of Erich Neumann's Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine. I tend to have a knee-jerk suspicion of pronouncements by 1950's men about "the nature of the feminine psyche," but I can't fault his mythic interpretation of the story. In fact, I think he comes closer to a depth reading of the original piece than anything else I've read.
I haven't finished the book, so I won't say more now, but I'm pleased to have found it. Whether or not I end up fully in agreement with his theories about feminine psychological development, I do respect the way he engages with the symbols and finds deeper meaning that aligns with the story rather than twists it toward a preferred interpretation.
Rather to my surprise, I'm getting a lot out of Erich Neumann's Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine. I tend to have a knee-jerk suspicion of pronouncements by 1950's men about "the nature of the feminine psyche," but I can't fault his mythic interpretation of the story. In fact, I think he comes closer to a depth reading of the original piece than anything else I've read.
I haven't finished the book, so I won't say more now, but I'm pleased to have found it. Whether or not I end up fully in agreement with his theories about feminine psychological development, I do respect the way he engages with the symbols and finds deeper meaning that aligns with the story rather than twists it toward a preferred interpretation.
