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" Following Other Gods: "
Reeves, Russ Patrick
Dominguez, Alonso
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1113996
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TLpq2397593701
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Dominguez, Alonso
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Reeves, Russ Patrick
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| Title & Author
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Following Other Gods:\ Reeves, Russ PatrickDominguez, Alonso
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Pacifica Graduate Institute
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2020
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2020
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M.A.
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69
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| Abstract
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This thesis explores the disorientation that can follow the loss of religious faith, the lingering effects of religious complexes or religious trauma, and a possible path for fulfilling the religious instinct through fostering personal myths. Using psychologists Carl G. Jung, William James, and James Hillman as conversation partners, the approach is primarily hermeneutical with heuristic and alchemical hermeneutic components that describe a shift away from Christianity to a personal myth centered in the Celtic mythos. Starting with an examination of the definition of religion in contemporary religious studies, pluralism and polytheism are explored as a foundation for spiritual exploration that is conducive to the process of individuation and spiritual wholeness. Four sources for shaping personal myth are examined, through world religions, personalization, personification, and creative mythology.
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Counseling
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Depth psychology
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Jung
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Mythology
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Polytheism
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Religion
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