Thomas Singer, MD, is a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst with interests in symbolic imagery, cultural studies and the relationships between ancient Greece and modern psyche. He has written and edited many books and articles with most recent emphasis on the relationship between politics, the collective psyche and mythology. He is co-editor of Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche: Archetypes Evolving (Routledge). Jules Cashford is a Jungian analyst and the author of previous books on Greek mythology, including a translation of The Homeric Hymns.Craig San Roque is an analytical psychologist who has lived in remote Central Australia for over twenty-five years. He writes on complex cultural matters and indigenous Australian affairs.

"In the new The Soul Remembers Itself, the latest in the acclaimed series, Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche, Singer and co-authors (re)present the narratives, dreams and parallel Olympian worlds from beyond the ancient looking glass. Never before as well presented and discussed, the work is a brilliant collection of Jungian reflections upon our modern condition." - Peter and Ileana Nomikos, The Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center, Santorini, Greece"Filtered through their classical scholarship and training in Analytical Psychology, the authors of When the Soul Remembers Itself articulate the mystery of how and why the world of ancient Greece still offers a meaningful way for modern men and women to make sense of the concerns, fears and ponderings about our common human condition and our place in the cosmos. This outstanding and unique volume is both timely and timeless in exploring the imaginal world shared by ancient Greece and modern psyche." - Baruch Gould, Emeritus Director of External Education, C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, USA"I danced with these authors in a collective ‘rhythmo’. This is a wonderful work for the many people curious about the continuum between ancient Greece and modern psyche. Greek myth shows us what the soul has always yearned for. Today’s fragmented and uprooted Greek society can find rebalancing and reparation from its classical era. The book demonstrates that the transgenerational crimes with which mythology is preoccupied also play out in today’s suffering world and nature." - Sissy Lykou, lecturer in psychotherapy, Regents University, and dance movement psychotherapist, UK

• Synopsis Dedication List of figures xEditors Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Thomas Singer, Jules Cashford, and Craig San Roque The invocations Jules Cashford and Craig San Roque 1 A fool’s guide to folly Thomas Singer 2 The mystery of Dionysos: cultivating the vine of life Virginia Beane Rutter 3 The madness of Ajax Luigi Zoja 4 Persephone’s Heart Craig San Roque5 Orpheus remembered Jules Cashford 6 Paul and Perpetua: about cultural complexes in early Christianity Joerg Rasche 7 Dancing the dance on Eve Jackson 8 The judgment of Electra Craig San Roque IntroductionRecitation 9 Getting a grip on Proteus: tracking telos from three snake dreams in Aeschylus’s Oresteia to his lost satyr play Craig E. Stephenson10 Reading Jocasta Tamar Kron11 Greek nihilism and the psychology of decadence Evangelos Tsempelis Closing: "The God Abandons Antony," C. P. Cavafy (1863–1933) 213Index 214

Thomas Singer, MD, is a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst with interests in symbolic imagery, cultural studies and the relationships between ancient Greece and modern psyche. He has written and edited many books and articles with most recent emphasis on the relationship between politics, the collective psyche and mythology. He is co-editor of Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche: Archetypes Evolving (Routledge). Jules Cashford is a Jungian analyst and the author of previous books on Greek mythology, including a translation of The Homeric Hymns.Craig San Roque is an analytical psychologist who has lived in remote Central Australia for over twenty-five years. He writes on complex cultural matters and indigenous Australian affairs.

"In the new The Soul Remembers Itself, the latest in the acclaimed series, Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche, Singer and co-authors (re)present the narratives, dreams and parallel Olympian worlds from beyond the ancient looking glass. Never before as well presented and discussed, the work is a brilliant collection of Jungian reflections upon our modern condition." - Peter and Ileana Nomikos, The Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center, Santorini, Greece"Filtered through their classical scholarship and training in Analytical Psychology, the authors of When the Soul Remembers Itself articulate the mystery of how and why the world of ancient Greece still offers a meaningful way for modern men and women to make sense of the concerns, fears and ponderings about our common human condition and our place in the cosmos. This outstanding and unique volume is both timely and timeless in exploring the imaginal world shared by ancient Greece and modern psyche." - Baruch Gould, Emeritus Director of External Education, C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, USA"I danced with these authors in a collective ‘rhythmo’. This is a wonderful work for the many people curious about the continuum between ancient Greece and modern psyche. Greek myth shows us what the soul has always yearned for. Today’s fragmented and uprooted Greek society can find rebalancing and reparation from its classical era. The book demonstrates that the transgenerational crimes with which mythology is preoccupied also play out in today’s suffering world and nature." - Sissy Lykou, lecturer in psychotherapy, Regents University, and dance movement psychotherapist, UK

• Synopsis Dedication List of figures xEditors Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Thomas Singer, Jules Cashford, and Craig San Roque The invocations Jules Cashford and Craig San Roque 1 A fool’s guide to folly Thomas Singer 2 The mystery of Dionysos: cultivating the vine of life Virginia Beane Rutter 3 The madness of Ajax Luigi Zoja 4 Persephone’s Heart Craig San Roque5 Orpheus remembered Jules Cashford 6 Paul and Perpetua: about cultural complexes in early Christianity Joerg Rasche 7 Dancing the dance on Eve Jackson 8 The judgment of Electra Craig San Roque IntroductionRecitation 9 Getting a grip on Proteus: tracking telos from three snake dreams in Aeschylus’s Oresteia to his lost satyr play Craig E. Stephenson10 Reading Jocasta Tamar Kron11 Greek nihilism and the psychology of decadence Evangelos Tsempelis Closing: "The God Abandons Antony," C. P. Cavafy (1863–1933) 213Index 214

Thomas Singer, MD, is a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst with interests in symbolic imagery, cultural studies and the relationships between ancient Greece and modern psyche. He has written and edited many books and articles with most recent emphasis on the relationship between politics, the collective psyche and mythology. He is co-editor of Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche: Archetypes Evolving (Routledge). Jules Cashford is a Jungian analyst and the author of previous books on Greek mythology, including a translation of The Homeric Hymns.Craig San Roque is an analytical psychologist who has lived in remote Central Australia for over twenty-five years. He writes on complex cultural matters and indigenous Australian affairs.

"In the new The Soul Remembers Itself, the latest in the acclaimed series, Ancient Greece, Modern Psyche, Singer and co-authors (re)present the narratives, dreams and parallel Olympian worlds from beyond the ancient looking glass. Never before as well presented and discussed, the work is a brilliant collection of Jungian reflections upon our modern condition." - Peter and Ileana Nomikos, The Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center, Santorini, Greece"Filtered through their classical scholarship and training in Analytical Psychology, the authors of When the Soul Remembers Itself articulate the mystery of how and why the world of ancient Greece still offers a meaningful way for modern men and women to make sense of the concerns, fears and ponderings about our common human condition and our place in the cosmos. This outstanding and unique volume is both timely and timeless in exploring the imaginal world shared by ancient Greece and modern psyche." - Baruch Gould, Emeritus Director of External Education, C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, USA"I danced with these authors in a collective ‘rhythmo’. This is a wonderful work for the many people curious about the continuum between ancient Greece and modern psyche. Greek myth shows us what the soul has always yearned for. Today’s fragmented and uprooted Greek society can find rebalancing and reparation from its classical era. The book demonstrates that the transgenerational crimes with which mythology is preoccupied also play out in today’s suffering world and nature." - Sissy Lykou, lecturer in psychotherapy, Regents University, and dance movement psychotherapist, UK

• Synopsis Dedication List of figures xEditors Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Thomas Singer, Jules Cashford, and Craig San Roque The invocations Jules Cashford and Craig San Roque 1 A fool’s guide to folly Thomas Singer 2 The mystery of Dionysos: cultivating the vine of life Virginia Beane Rutter 3 The madness of Ajax Luigi Zoja 4 Persephone’s Heart Craig San Roque5 Orpheus remembered Jules Cashford 6 Paul and Perpetua: about cultural complexes in early Christianity Joerg Rasche 7 Dancing the dance on Eve Jackson 8 The judgment of Electra Craig San Roque IntroductionRecitation 9 Getting a grip on Proteus: tracking telos from three snake dreams in Aeschylus’s Oresteia to his lost satyr play Craig E. Stephenson10 Reading Jocasta Tamar Kron11 Greek nihilism and the psychology of decadence Evangelos Tsempelis Closing: "The God Abandons Antony," C. P. Cavafy (1863–1933) 213Index 214