Stanton Marlan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4318491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stanton Marlan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stanton |
| FAMILY NAME | Marlan |
| SIGNATURE | MARLAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duquesne University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Jung's Alchemical Philosophy
Traditionally, alchemy has been understood as a precursor to the science of chemistry but from the vantage point of the human spirit, it is also a discipline that illuminates the human soul. This book explores the goal of alchemy from Jungian, psychological, and philosophical perspectives. Jung’s Alchemical Philosophy: Psyche and the Mercurial Play of Image and Idea is a reflection on Jung’s alchemical work and the importance of philosophy as a w…
The psychologist who is not a psychologist
This paper represents an archetypal and deconstructive reading of the work of Wolfgang Giegerich. In an attempt to extend and philosophically develop Jung's late-life view of the objective psyche, Giegerich, via Hegel, defines psychology proper as fundamentally separate from the everyday person and the 'human, all-too-human' aspects of the soul. It is argued that, in so doing, Giegerich removes the human person from being the primary focus of his…
The Philosophers' Stone as Chaosmos
The alchemists' Philosophers' Stone and Jung's notion of the Self are both complex ordered unities that undergo continuing deconstruction leading to a dynamic cycle of chaos and cosmos. This archetypal process keeps our vision of the goals of psychic life from becoming static or simply chaotic. This reflection examines Jung's struggle with these polar forces in his reading of James Joyce's Ulysses. In this piece, the author borrows Joyce's term c…
Transformation of the Psyche
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion
The black sun
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 cult…
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (The Text of the Tun-Huang Manuscript)
Introduction: Ch'an in the Eighth CenturyI. The Formation of the LegendThe Lankavatara SchoolShen-huiII. The Birth of a Patriarch: Biography of Hui-nengIII. The Making of a Book: The Platform SutraIV. Content AnalysisThe Platform Sutra of the Sixth PatriarchThe Tun-Huang Text
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The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (The Text of the Tun-Huang Manuscript)
Introduction: Ch'an in the Eighth CenturyI. The Formation of the LegendThe Lankavatara SchoolShen-huiII. The Birth of a Patriarch: Biography of Hui-nengIII. The Making of a Book: The Platform SutraIV. Content AnalysisThe Platform Sutra of the Sixth PatriarchThe Tun-Huang Text
The black sun
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 cult…
Transformation of the Psyche
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion
The Philosophers' Stone as Chaosmos
The alchemists' Philosophers' Stone and Jung's notion of the Self are both complex ordered unities that undergo continuing deconstruction leading to a dynamic cycle of chaos and cosmos. This archetypal process keeps our vision of the goals of psychic life from becoming static or simply chaotic. This reflection examines Jung's struggle with these polar forces in his reading of James Joyce's Ulysses. In this piece, the author borrows Joyce's term c…
The psychologist who is not a psychologist
This paper represents an archetypal and deconstructive reading of the work of Wolfgang Giegerich. In an attempt to extend and philosophically develop Jung's late-life view of the objective psyche, Giegerich, via Hegel, defines psychology proper as fundamentally separate from the everyday person and the 'human, all-too-human' aspects of the soul. It is argued that, in so doing, Giegerich removes the human person from being the primary focus of his…
Jung's Alchemical Philosophy
Traditionally, alchemy has been understood as a precursor to the science of chemistry but from the vantage point of the human spirit, it is also a discipline that illuminates the human soul. This book explores the goal of alchemy from Jungian, psychological, and philosophical perspectives. Jung’s Alchemical Philosophy: Psyche and the Mercurial Play of Image and Idea is a reflection on Jung’s alchemical work and the importance of philosophy as a w…
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