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Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity.
Kerenyi Karoly (in the Hungarian) was born in Temesvar in the southwestern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Timisoara, Romania).
Kerenyi believed every view of mythology is a view of man. Zeus and Hera is part of a series of monographs in which he presents a new picture of Greek religion from the standpoint of mythology.
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  Karl Kerényi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology, Karl (Carl, Károly) Kerényi (January 19, 1897 - April 14, 1973) was born in Timişoara and then lived in Hungary.
Kerenyi brought to the Greek myths the art of hermeneutics, interpreted by C. Moustakas (Phenomenological Research Methods 1994) as "the art of reading a text so that the intention and meaning behind appearances are fully understood".
Goddesses of Sun and Moon, in which Kerenyi explores in four essays unusual feminine configurations, the mythemes of Circe, the enchantress; Medea, the murderess; golden Aphrodite, and Niobe and the moon.
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 Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some scholars believe that the power of the Eleusinian Mysteries came from the kykeon's functioning as a psychedelic agent; this was argued most extensively in The Road to Eleusis[1], by R.
Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, and Carl A. Ruck.
Carl Kerenyi, Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter, (in his series Archetypal Images in Greek religion), Bollingen, (August 12, 1991).
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 Carl Kerenyi: Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence - Bøger
Carl Kerényi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function and seeks to discover how this primitive tale was invested with a universal fatality, first in the Greek imagination, and then in the Western tradition of Romantic poetry.
Kerenyi reviews the origins of the myth of Prometheus in early Greek poetry and the visual arts with thought-provoking references to other mythological, artistic, and literary traditions such as the Hittite, the Roman, and the German.
Kerenyi worked closely with Carl Jung (see their jointly authored Introduction to a Science of Mythology) and the Jungian interest in archetypes is strongly refelcted in the present volume on Prometheus.
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 Carl Kerenyi: Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter - Bøger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kerenyi seems to have had an image in his mind, and he assembles anything and everything from different time periods, locations, and rituals in order to "prove" his theories.
For Kerenyi, the core of the mysteries was the message that 'a birth in death was possible', also for human beings.
The influence on Christianity by the mysteries cannot be underestimated, for Plato's theory of the soul was adopted by the Church.
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 Buy Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life by Carl Kerenyi - Shop Online
Kerenyi has always been a murky writer who hints rather than nails things down, and here he is at the apex of that fault.
I first encountered Karl Kerenyi by way of another of his books, _Eleusis_, a study of the mysteries of Demeter and Persephone.
In the case of Eleusis, and also in the case of Dionysos, there are secrets that the celebrants of the rites took to their graves.
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 Profound analysis of the mysteries of Eleusis. | Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter | Carl...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This message was 'shown' through the ancient myth of the search of Demeter for her ravished daughter Persephone.
The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world.
Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of Demeter's search for her ravished daughter Persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identity.
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 Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life (paperback book) by Carl Kerenyi; trans. by Ralph Manheim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In this work the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi presents an historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture down to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire.
From the wealth of Greek literary, epigraphic, and monumental traditions, Kerenyi constructs a picture of Dionysian worship, always underlining the constitutive element of myth.
Carl Kerenyi (1897-1973) was a professor of classics and the history of religion in his native Hungary and later became a citizen of Switzerland.
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 Carl Kerenyi info here at en.53of100b.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kerenyi Jung both provided commentaries to Paul Radin's The Trickster: a Study in American Indian Mythology, where Kerenyi saw the Trickster lowermost piaster as the "enemy of boundaries."
Kerenyi brought to the Greek myths the craftsmanship of hermeneutics, interpreted by C. Moustakas (Phenomenological Research Methods 1994) as "the craftsmanship of rendering a argument so that the intention heart back of appearances are down understood".
Gods of the Greeks The Heroes of the Greeks Goddesses of Sun Moon, in which Kerenyi explores in four essays prodigious feminine configurations, the mythemes of Circe, the enchantress; Medea, the murderess; golden Aphrodite, Niobe the moon.
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 Dionysos av Carl Kerenyi » Bokkilden
In this work, the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture down to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire.
From the wealth of Greek literary, epigraphic, and monumental traditions, Kerenyi constructs a picture of Dionysian worship, always underlining the constitutive element of myth.
Included in this study are the secret cult scenes of the women's mysteries both within and beyond Attica, the mystic sacrificial rite at Delphi, and the great public Dionysian festivals at Athens.
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 Personality & Consciousness - - Uncollected Works of Carl Jung
A classic autobiography introduces the work of Carl Jung, while revealing a portrait of the man himself.
Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido.
Breaking from Freud by allowing for nonsexual psychic forces driving the libido, Carl Jung made a more lasting name for himself than did his mentor.
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 Prometheus, Vol. 65
Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans.
Carl Kerenyi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function and seeks to discover how this primitive tale was invested with a universal fatality, first in the Greek imagination, and then in the Western tradition of Romantic poetry.
Kerenyi traces the evolving myth from Hesiod and Aeschylus, and in its epic treatment by Goethe and Shelly; he moves on to consider the myth from the perspective of Jungian psychology, as the archetype of human daring signifying the transformation of suffering into the mystery of the sacrifice.
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 Amazon.com: Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter: Books: Carl Kerenyi,Ralph Manheim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologies.
Kerenyi does a wonderful job, in this scholarly book, of trying to put his finger on the nature of the vision.
For Kerenyi, the core of the mysteries was the message that 'a birth in death was possible', also for human beings.
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 Amazon.com: "Carl Kerenyi"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life by Carl Kerenyi
The Heroes of the Greeks by Carl Kerenyi
Eleusis: Archetypal image of mother and daughter (Women's studies) by Karl Kerenyi
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 Jung, Carl Gustav; Kerenyi, Carl; Hull, R. F. C.: Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Jung, Carl Gustav; Kerenyi, Carl; Hull, R. C.: Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis
In "The Primordial Child in Primordial Times" Kerenyi treats the child-God as an enduring and significant figure in Greek, Norse, Finnish, Etruscan, and Judeo-Christian mythology.
The investigations of C. Kerenyi are continued in a later study, "Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter (Princeton).
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 Bibliography for the Heritages of the Sabbats
Jung, Carl G., and Carl Kerenyi, Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis, tr.
Kerenyi, Carl, Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter, tr.
Wasson, R. Gordon, Carl A.P. Ruck, and Albert Hofmann, The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, U.S.A., 1978
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 Secret to Hunza Superior Health (Carl Classic) by Carl Classic
The Zen of Farting: Teachings from Original Zen Master Reepah Gud Wan by Carl Japikse
The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment by Carl J. Richard
Albert Einstein says "Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure." Can the same be said of Carl+Classic or Martin_Buber?
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 Asklepios by Kerenyi Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
In this companion to C. Kerenyi's classic The Gods of the Greeks, he presents the heroes of Greek mythology who preoccupied the minds of the an...
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