Sources of Japanese Mythology

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Sources of Japanese Mythology There are two main types of sources from which we get information about Japanese mythology. Both Shintō and Buddhism have textual canons from which myths have been drawn. Few of these written works have the same status of irrefutable truth attributed to, say, the Christian Bible. Nonetheless, like the Bible, they … Read more

Politicizing Magic

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Politicizing Magic BABA YAGA Once there lived a peasant and his wife and they had a daughter. The wife died. The husband married again, and had a daughter with the new wife. The wife conceived a dislike for her stepdaughter and made the girl’s life miserable. The peasant thought and thought and finally drove his … Read more

Epilogue: the “optional” unconscious by Sonu Shamdasani

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Epilogue: the “optional” unconscious by Sonu Shamdasani  In the course of the nineteenth century, concepts of consciousness underwent a transformation as competing concepts of unconscious mental functioning were developed in philosophy, physiology, biology, and psychology and psychical research in Europe and the United States. The papers in this volume have mainly traced trajectories of concepts … Read more

An Archetypal Approach to Death Dreams and Ghosts,

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An Archetypal Approach to Death Dreams and Ghosts, Rhine succeeded in showing that every human being has the faculty for paranormal perceptions. Parapsychological experiences are as much part of life as are intuitions, dreams and hunches. But the degree of that gift differs greatly among individuals. With that we may embark on the Beobachter letters, … Read more