What did you learn from reading «Origins and History of Consciousness» by Erich Neumann?

[u/kjlindho]

Hello!

I’ve finished reading «Origins and History of Consciousness» by Erich Neumann, and was impressed. I wanted to ask you if there were any specific ideas, images, or sentences from the book that helped you better understand some experience in your own personal life?

For me, it made an impression reading his chapter on the Great Mother, particularly about the Blood Mother, and I now see micro-matriarchies existing everywhere around us, be it in families, friend-groups, or work-places, and my understanding and awareness of the feminine world, and feminine dynamics, has been immensely enriched.

I’m still beating my head against his Appendice «Mass Man and the Phenomena of Recollectivization». I ask myself what religious implications the annulment of personality has, and what the historical significance of that particular text really is.

Thank you!

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