The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective by Shoshana Fershtman - 9780367537111

Taylor & Francis

The Mystical Exodus in Jungian PerspectiveTransforming Trauma and the Wellsprings of Renewal\nAuthor(s): Shoshana Fershtman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367537111, 978-0367537111\nSynopsis\nThe Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective explores the soul loss that results from personal, collective, and transgenerational trauma and the healing that unfolds through reconnection with the sacred. Personal narratives of disconnection from and reconnection to Jewish collective memory are illuminated by millennia of Jewish mystical wisdom, contemporary Jewish Renewal and feminist theology, and Jungian and trauma theory.\n\nThe archetypal resonance of the Exodus story guides our exploration. Understanding exile as disconnection from the Divine Self, we follow Moses, keeper of the spiritual fire, and Serach bat Asher, preserver of ancestral memory. We encounter the depths with Joseph, touch collective grief with Lilith, ed