Betwixt & between : patterns of masculine and feminine initiation

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Betwixt & between : patterns of masculine and feminine initiation / edited by Louise Carus Mahdi, Steven Foster, and Meredith Little.

Mahdi, Louise Carus. (Added Author). Foster, Steven, 1938-2003 (Added Author). Little, Meredith, 1951- (Added Author).

Summary:

Betwixt and Between offers new insights into the basic elements of initiations and rites of passage. The absence of these traditional supports creates problems in the lives of those who are caught in the void and lack definite expectations at various times of their lives. The chapters on masculine and feminine initiation provide new and creative concepts and practical possibilities for each of us. Initiation has been a missing component in the modern world and needs to be re-introduced with new understanding and consciousness. -- Amazon

Record details

ISBN: 0812690478
ISBN: 9780812690477
ISBN: 0812690486
ISBN: 9780812690484
Physical Description: xv, 498, [15] pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: La Salle, Ill. : Open Court, ©1987.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Filmography: pages 489-498.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Betwixt and between : the liminal period in rites of passage / Victor Turner -- The Initiation of Youth. Transition from childhood to adolescence : developmental challenges / John Allan and Pat Dyck -- Suicide's "unanswerable logic" / M. Sandra Reeves and Alina Tugend -- Jung's first dream / Anne Maguire -- Symbols of initiation in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Harold Schechter -- The vision quest : passing from childhood to adulthood / Steven Foster and Meredith Little -- The ritual-maker within at adolescence / Edith Sullwold -- The Initiation of Men. The decline of rites of passage in our culture : the impact on masculine individuation / Jerome S. Bernstein -- Fathers, sons and brotherhood / Fred R. Gustafson -- The split shadow and the father-son relationship / Donald Sandner -- The erosion of male confidence / Robert Bly -- The Initiation of Women. From concrete to consciousness : the emergence of the feminine / Marion Woodman -- Menstruation and shamanism / Marilyn Nagy -- Singing for life : the Mescalero Apache girls' puberty ceremony / Claire R. Farrer -- Turnings in the life of a Vietnamese Buddhist nun / James M. Freeman -- An African tale / Helen M. Luke -- Personal Initiation. Psychotherapy, initiation, and the midlife transition / Jan O. Stein and Murray Stein -- Self-created ceremonies of passage / Virginia Hine -- Personal transformation : the inner image of initiation / James A. Hall -- The meaning of depression at significant stages of life / V. Walter Odajnyk -- Initiation Into Old Age and Dying. "Do they celebrate Christmas in heaven?" : teachings from children with life-threatening illness / Tom Pinkson -- Transformation of the image of God leading to self-initiation into old age / Lionel Corbett -- Old age and death / Jane Hollister Wheelwright -- Initiations : Ancient and Modern. Ancient incubation and modern psychotherapy / C.A. Meier -- Modern dream incubation as a ritual of initiation / Eugene Monick -- What happens when we interpret dreams? / Marie-Louise von Franz -- Initiation of Xhosa indigenous healers (amagqira) / M. Vera Buhrmann -- The rites of Christian initiation / Mark Searle -- Psychological reflections on the rites of Christian initiation / Thomas Patrick Lavin -- Storytelling / Elaine Wynn -- Transition films : a selected filmography / Robert C. Hinkel.