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We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
by Robert Johnson
HarperCollins, 1983
Robert Johnson provides insight from a Jungian analytic perspective on
the phenomenon of romantic love. He walks us through the tragic
relationship between Tristan and Iseult, one of the earliest romance tales,
to recognize the futility and cost of seeking transcendence through a
person other than ourself.
This is a book I frequently recommend to clients who consistently
experience dissatisfaction in relationship and wish to break their pattern of
serial monogamy (or of having affairs). Tristan represents the archetypal
wounded male seeking to fill an emptiness within himself through his
relationship to the other-worldly Iseult. Real relationship is not found,
the opportunity for real happiness lost.
As tragedy often presents, this is a cautionary tale. Johnson is an
excellent writer and psychotherapist, adept at using story to illuminate the
human condition and our opportunity for growth.
~ Stephen Douglas, 2009
by Robert Johnson
HarperCollins, 1983
Robert Johnson provides insight from a Jungian analytic perspective on
the phenomenon of romantic love. He walks us through the tragic
relationship between Tristan and Iseult, one of the earliest romance tales,
to recognize the futility and cost of seeking transcendence through a
person other than ourself.
This is a book I frequently recommend to clients who consistently
experience dissatisfaction in relationship and wish to break their pattern of
serial monogamy (or of having affairs). Tristan represents the archetypal
wounded male seeking to fill an emptiness within himself through his
relationship to the other-worldly Iseult. Real relationship is not found,
the opportunity for real happiness lost.
As tragedy often presents, this is a cautionary tale. Johnson is an
excellent writer and psychotherapist, adept at using story to illuminate the
human condition and our opportunity for growth.
~ Stephen Douglas, 2009
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