The mythic image
Presents approximately 450 illustrations of mythic art from Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, European, and Olmec cultures as a basis for an exploration into the relation of dreams to myth
Print Book, English, ©1974 (1990 7th printing
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1974 (1990 7th printing
Bollingen series, 100
xii, [4], 552 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
9780691018393, 0691018391
1012708498
I. The world as dream: The Lord of Sleep
The Lord of Death and Resurrection
The wonder child
The mighty goddess
II. The idea of a cosmic order: Literate and non-literate traditions
The world mountain
The world mountain in Middle America
The calendric round
The revolving sphere of space-time
The center of transformation
III. The Lotus and the Rose: The flower scepter
The flower support
The waters beneath and above
The golden seed
IV. Transformations of the inner light: Psychology and yoga
The serpent guide
The one thus come
The wisdom of the yonder shore
The Lotus ladder
The return to Earth
V. The sacrifice: The willing sacrifice
The magical, moral, and mystical orders of sacrifice
The alter of blood
The myth
VI. The walking
"The final number-C-of Bollingen series"--Page [xiii]