From India to the Planet Mars

Theodore Flournoy, Sonu Shamdasani (Editor, Editor), C. G. Jung (Preface by), Mireille Cifali (Afterword by)

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Author
Theodore Flournoy, Sonu Shamdasani (Editor, Editor), C. G. Jung (Preface by), Mireille Cifali (Afterword by)
Publish Date
1994-12-04
Subtitle
A Case of Multiple Personality with Imaginary Languages
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
312
Publisher Name
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691001014
ISBN-13
9780691001012
citemno
178988
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780691001012

Description

A classic in the field of psychology, From India to Planet Mars (1900) depicts the remarkable multiple existence of the medium Hélène Smith, who claimed to be the reincarnation of Marie Antoinette, of a Hindu princess from fifteenth-century India, and of a regular visitor to Mars, whose landscapes she painted and whose language she appeared to speak fluently. Through a psychological interpretation of these fantasies, which consisted in the subliminal elaboration of forgotten memories, Théodore Flournoy vastly extended the scope and understanding of the unconscious, and in particular, of its creative and mythopoetic capacities. In the introduction to this work, Soriu Shamdasani evokes the rich cultural and intellectual setting which Flournoy published his findings, and discusses their impact on Freud, Jung, and other pioneers psychology.

Originally published in 1994.

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