Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Christmas

“Kendrick Norris provides the first comprehensive examination of the symbols, images, texts and traditions of Christmas as seen through the lens of three psychological perspectives. The result is a compelling analysis of its enduring appeal to the human heart, soul, and mind across cultures, across times, in some cases even across religious traditions.” Wayne G. Rollins, Ph.D., author of Soul and Psyche, Jung and the Bible, and others “An insightful and informative interpretation of the psychological meaning of Christmas. Christmas will never be the same for anyone who reads it; its meaning will be deepened and the celebration more enthusiastic. I recommend it for everyone, especially those for whom Christmas has become a superficial ritual.” Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., co-author with Helen LaKelly Hunt of How to Talk with Anyone About Anything, and co-founder of Imago Relationship Therapy “Kendrick Norris retells the Christmas story with the vocabulary of some of our most thoughtful psychologists, and we find its images refreshed and re-empowered.” James Dittes, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology and Religious Studies, Yale University “A brilliant utilization of Kohutian and Jungian hermeneutics to adumbrate the depth of the Christmas myth that may open its meaning to our Post-Modern and Post-secular Age. I would also argue that your volume will become a companion text to Jung’s Aion in which he argues that the Christ is the symbol of the Self in the Western tradition. ” Donald Ferrell, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst, author of Logos and Existence: The Relationship of Philosophy and Theology in the Thought of Paul Tillich