“Trust and Betrayal”

This collection of papers (just published) by Jungian analysts explores the themes of trust and betrayal and how they are interwoven to form new patterns of identity. Trust and betrayal are seen as an archetypal pair. Self-trust and trust in others are essential to our sense of a unified and on-going existence. So to betray and to suffer betrayal opens pathways to psychological renewal and individuation. Hence the sub-title of the book – Dawnings of Consciousness

The papers are entitled:

- Betrayal: A Way to Wisdom

- Betrayal of the Self, Self-Betrayal, and the Leap of Trust: The Book of Job, a Tale of Individuation

- The Dawn of Religious Consciousness: Abraham, Isaac and the Aqedah

- Innocence: Benign or Malignant?

- Trust and Betrayal in Adult Relationships

- Self-Betrayal: A Psychological Necessity?

- Grandparents: Between Grandness and Betrayal

- Trust and Betrayal: Four Women under Jung’s Shadow

- The Meaning of Conflict in Couples: A Jungian Approach to Couples Therapy

- The Story of Angus: the Celtic God of Dreams

- Dreaming in Gersau, Switzerland

- Epilogue: Trust, Betrayal, and Laughter

The collection is published by Spring as Volume III of the Jungian Odyssey Series. For more information visit www.springjournalandbooks.com

Posted on 5 June 2011