{"product_id":"the-black-sun-the-alchemy-and-art-of-darkness-carolyn-and-ernest-fay-series-in-analytical-psychology","title":"The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness (CAROLYN AND ERNEST FAY SERIES IN ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso available in an open-access  full-text edition at http:\/\/repositories.tamu.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1969.1\/86080\/Marlin585444251Txt.pdf?sequence1 The black sun  an ages-old image of the darkness in individual lives and in life itself  has not been treated hospitably in the modern world. Modern psychology has seen darkness primarily as a negative force  something to move through and beyond  but it actually has an intrinsic importance to the human psyche. In this book  Jungian analyst Stanton Marlan reexamines the paradoxical image of the black sun and the meaning of darkness in Western culture.  In the image of the black sun  Marlan finds the hint of a darkness that shines. He draws upon his clinical experiencesand on a wide range of literature and art  including Goethe s Faust  Dante s Inferno  the black art of Rothko and Reinhardtto explore the influence of light and shadow on the fundamental structures of modern thought as well as the contemporary practice of analysis. He shows that the black sun accompanies not only the most negative of psychic experiences but also the most sublime  resonating with the mystical experience of negative theology  the Kabbalah  the Buddhist notions of the void  and the black light of the Sufi Mystics.  An important contribution to the understanding of alchemical psychology  this book draws on a postmodern sensibility to develop an original understanding of the black sun. It offers insight into modernity  the act of imagination  and the work of analysis in understanding depression  trauma  and transformation of the soul. Marlan s original reflections help us to explore the unknown darkness conventionally called the Self. (20100410)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948090519605,"sku":"ByrdShop_1585444251","price":451.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781585444250.jpg?v=1770037579","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-black-sun-the-alchemy-and-art-of-darkness-carolyn-and-ernest-fay-series-in-analytical-psychology","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}