Death and the Maiden : The Curious Relationship Between the Fear of the Feminine and the Fear of Death.

Intro -- Introduction -- Works Cited: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Ancient Egypt: Foundations -- Introductory Comments -- Background -- Cosmology and Death Myths -- Geography of the Underworld -- Gods of the Underworld -- Death Rituals: The Opening of the Mouth -- Death Attitudes: Immortality, Salvation, Reward and Punishment -- Role of Magic -- The Feminine in Egyptian Mythology and Death Beliefs -- Analysis and Conclusion -- Works Cited: Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: Homer and Hesiod: Relationship to the "Other" -- The Feminine in Greek (and Babylonian) Religion and the Afterlife -- Works Cited: Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: Orpheus, Pythagoras, Zoroaster, and Plato -- Orphism -- Pythagoras -- Heraclitus -- Other Greek Philosophers -- Zoroaster, the Persians, and the Jews -- Reflections and Conclusions -- Works Cited: Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: The Movement West: The Rise of Rome -- Background -- Roman Language -- Religion -- The Second Punic War and Outside Influence -- Philosophy -- Greek, Asian, and Egyptian Influences -- Astrology and Magic -- Reflections -- Works Cited: Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5: Splits and Reversals -- Foreign cults and Mithraism -- Middle Platonism -- Role Reversals of Deities -- Apocalyptic Judaism: Introduction -- Apocalyptic Judaism: Historical Background -- Jung and Theodicy in Judaism -- The Feminine and Evil in Judaism: Foreignness and Impurity -- Eve -- Lilith -- Sophia and Shekinah -- Judaism and the Graeco-Roman World -- Early Christianity -- The Early Church Fathers on Death and the Soul -- The Consequences of Salvation -- Gnosticism and the problem of evil -- Christianity and the Feminine -- The Edict of Milan and the Constantinian Shift -- Works Cited: Chapter 5 -- Final Reflections and Conclusion -- Works Cited: Final Reflections and Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- _GoBack -- _GoBack.

Belief in an immortal soul and in salvation has a paradoxically negative impact on perceptions of the archetypal feminine in myth, religious scripture, and philosophy; this can be demonstrated using the lens of depth psychology. This book explores the idea from Ancient Egyptian times through the early Christian era.

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