The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective Transforming Trauma and the Wellsprings of Renewal : Transforming Trauma andthe Wellsprings of Renewal

__The 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. The 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, experience the Red Sea crossing and Miriam’s well as psychological rebirth and Sinai as the repatterning of traumatized consciousness. Tracing the reawakening of the qualities of eros and relatedness on the journey out of exile, the book demonstrates how restoring and deepening relationship with the Sacred Feminine helps us to transform collective trauma. This text will be key reading for scholars of Jewish studies, Jungian and post-Jungian studies, feminist spirituality, trauma studies, Jungian analysts and psychotherapists, and those interested in healing from personal and collective trauma. __Cover art: 'Radiance' by Elaine Greenwood__ The 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. Cover 1 Endorsement Page 2 Half Title 6 Title Page 8 Copyright Page 9 Dedication 10 Table of Contents 12 Acknowledgments 14 Epigraph 16 Introduction 17 Chapter 1 The beloved, knocking 28 Part I An historical overview of Jewish mysticism and psychology 34 Chapter 2 Renewing Jewish mysticism 36 Chapter 3 Judaism and psychology 64 Part II The rupture 84 Chapter 4 Exile 86 Part III The awakening 102 Chapter 5 Women, copper mirrors, and awakening from the trance of exile 104 Chapter 6 Moses and awakening the spiritual fire 121 Chapter 7 Shattered vessels, scattered seeds 136 Part IV The healing 164 Chapter 8 Serach bat Asher and healing the ruptured bridge to collective memory 166 Chapter 9 Joseph—light out of darkness 183 Chapter 10 Lilith, the Dark Feminine, and the redemptive power of grief 205 Part V The promise 222 Chapter 11 The watery initiation and learning to trust the ground of being 224 Chapter 12 The fiery initiation and moving toward the Promised Land 242 Index 258 trauma;,collective;,jewish;,jungian;,from;,studies;,personal;,mystical;,sacred;,exile trauma,collective,jewish,jungian,from,studies,personal,mystical,sacred,exile