Dionysus in Exile
Lopez-Pedraza, Rafel
The internationally renowned Jungian analyst Lopez-Pedraza diagnoses the psychological illness at the core of modern society-the loss of embodied soulfulness in individual's lives. In this study of the Greek god Dionysus, he offers insight for a cure. Dismemberment and cannibalism, Prometheus and Titanic nature, mystical experience, the communal aspect of Dionysiac worship, jazz, flamenco, and bullfighting are among the many twists and turns t...