How Long to Read “Dreaming the Myth Onwards”

How Long Does it Take to Read “Dreaming the Myth Onwards”?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 6 minutes to read “Dreaming the Myth Onwards” by Wolfgang Giegerich

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The fundamental importance of Christianity for Jung is well documented in his writings and letters. For the whole of his long career the great psychologist had wrestled with what he called " ... the great snake of the centuries. the burden of the human mind. the problem of Christianity." By comparison, his statements about Hegel are quite scarce. Both topics, nevertheless, have in common that they elicited from Jung radical accusations, accusations not presented in the calm tone of a psychological scholar but fired by a deep-seated personal affect that propelled Jung to wish "to dream the myth onwards," that is, to move to a new, his own improved and corrected version of Christianity. Rather than merely portraying and elucidating Jung’s views, this volume critically examines his theses and arguments by means of a series of close readings and by confronting his claims with the texts on which his interpretations are based. The guiding principle, in the spirit of which the author’s investigation is conducted, is the question of the needs of the soul and the standards of true psychology. While constantly bearing these needs and standards in mind, diverse topics are discussed in depth: Jung’s interpretation of a dream he had had about being unable to completely bow down before "the highest presence," his thesis concerning the patriarchal neglect of the feminine principle, his views about the alleged one-sidedness of Christianity, the "recalcitrant Fourth" and the "reality of Evil," his understanding of the Trinity and the spirit, his rejection of Hegel and of speculative thought, and his reaction to the modern "doubt that has killed" religious faith. A companion to the preceding volume, The Flight into the Unconscious, the essays collected here continue its radical critique of Jung’s psychology project, yielding not only deep insights into Jung’s personal religiosity and into what ultimately drove his psychology project as a whole, but granting as well a more sophisticated understanding of the psychological potential and telos of the Christian idea.

How long is “Dreaming the Myth Onwards”?

“Dreaming the Myth Onwards” by Wolfgang Giegerich is 602 pages long, and a total of 151,704 words.

This makes it 203% the length of the average book. It also has 185% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read “Dreaming the Myth Onwards” Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 48 minutes to read “Dreaming the Myth Onwards” aloud.

What Reading Level is “Dreaming the Myth Onwards”?

“Dreaming the Myth Onwards” is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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