The Poimandres as Myth: Scholarly Theory and Gnostic Meaning

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Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline. Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Poimandres as a Gnostic Myth Gnosticism The Text Analysis Chapter 2: An "Eliadean" Analysis of the Poimandres Religion Myth The Classification of Mankind The Return to the Sacred Eliade on Gnosticism Eliade’s Theory Applied to the Poimandres Chapter 3: A Jungian Analysis of the Poimandres The Unconscious Myth Jung’s Interest in Gnosticism The History of the Psyche Jung’s Theory Applied to the Poimandres Jung’s Own Analysis of Gnosticism Archetypes in the Poimandres Androgyny in the Poimandres Evil in the Poimandres Conclusion Bibliography Index