Healing Pandora

The Restoration of Hope and Abundance

Gail Thomas, Robert Sardello

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
15 July 2011

Ancient religions & mythologies; Psychology; Analytical & Jungian psychology; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem; Mind, Body, Spirit

Gail Thomas, a psychologist and cultural activist, has been working with the archetype of Pandora for more than twenty years. Healing Pandora is the rich fruit of her labors, detailing Pandora's mythic origins as the vessel of culture and city, and tackling the making and healing of culture in our time. Movingly written, and grounded in firm knowledge and deep experience, Healing Pandora addresses the psychology not just of the individual, but of society in this modern age.

The story of Pandora is one of the most resonant in Greek mythology. As Healing Pandora shows, it's also one of the most relevant. Psychologist Gail Thomas has used Pandora in her practice for two decades, often with profound results. Cast in popular accounts as the evil bringer of doom to humanity in divine retaliation for Prometheus stealing fire, Pandora, in Thomas' view, is a much more complex character, with enormous healing powers as well as her better-known destructive capacity. In this revelatory book, Thomas shows Pandora's true nature as the dark but all-giving feminine, the archetypal vessel of culture and city with the power to heal our culture. Pandora's task is to help us transform our overwhelmingly material civilization into a culture of undivided participation and engagement.

Part one discusses Pandora's multifaceted persona as both beautiful evil and divine benefactress. Here Thomas contextualizes Pandora in the cycle of myth and archetype. In part two, the author proposes a series of healing rituals-""Healing Our Fear of Sacrifice,"" ""Healing Our Dis-Ease,"" ""Healing the Control of Patriarchy,"" and others-inspired by Pandora. Both practical guide and inspiring study, Healing Pandora argues persuasively for manifesting our inner work concretely on the cultural, not just personal, level.

By: Gail Thomas
Foreword by: Robert Sardello
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781556438394
ISBN 10: 1556438397
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gail Thomas, PhD, is an archetypal psychologist and cultural activist, cofounder of the Dallas Institute, and director of its Center for the City. She is co-editor of several books, including Images of the Untouched- Virginity in Psyche, Myth, and Community. A longtime organizer for urban renewal and green design, she lives in Dallas.

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Healing Pandora

The Restoration of Hope and Abundance

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