Psychology and Myth

"The Psychological Aspects of the Kore" (in The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious) - C.G. Jung

Jung presents Kore/Persephone as a profoundly double figure: the innocent maiden and vulnerable daughter who is simultaneously an image of the deeper Self, carrying the potential for transformation, renewal and psychic wholeness.

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Added by me · Sept 2026

Dancing in the Flames - Marion Woodman & Elinor Dickson

Woodman spent a career arguing that the dark, chaotic feminine — Persephone, Kali, Lilith — can't be healed through ideas alone, only through the body.

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Added by me · June 2026