Lilith - the First Eve: Historical and Psychological Aspects of the Dark FeminineIn a facinating excursion though the history of her myth, Seigmund Hurwitz presents and interprets the ancient dark-winged goddess Lilth, aslo know as the first Eve. The authors extraoridnary meticulous study of the original sources brings to light a stiking figure long lost from our awareness, yet highly relevant to a psychological understanding of today's evolving masculine and feminine identities. Case material from his analytical practice imbeds Lilith in the everyday problems of contemporary life. That an unbridled life-urge which refuses to be assimilated lies behind depression...seems to me to be a new and important discovery. By combining the experience of a comtemporaryman with this historical material, Seigmund Hurwitz sheds new light on both. - From the Foreword by Marie-Louise von Franz |
Contents
Abbreviations | 8 |
Introduction | 19 |
2 The Arslan Tash Inscriptions and the Burney Relief | 63 |
3 Lilith in the Bible and Talmud | 84 |
4 The Aramaic Magic Texts | 90 |
5 Lilith in Gnosticism | 103 |
6 Pseudepigraphic Writings | 115 |
7 Lilith in Folk Legend | 129 |
The Lilith Dream | 155 |
Melancholy | 163 |
The Power Struggle | 177 |
4 Fear and Fascination | 194 |
An Active Imagination | 201 |
PsychologoReligious Reflections | 216 |
Bibliography | 237 |
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According amulet angels anima image appears Arabic Aramaic Aramaic magic archaic archetypal ARIT Arslan Tash attitude Babylonian ben Sira Berlin Burney Relief C.G. Jung called child child-stealing Christian connection consciousness corresponding cult dark demons divine dream picture dreamer E.S. Drower Eleleth evil fear female demon feminine Gnosis Gnostic God’s goddess Hebrew incantation text inscription interpretation Ishtar Israel J.A. Montgomery Jerusalem Jewish Jewish mythology Jews Judaism Kabbalah Kabbalistic Karina King Kushta Labartû Lamia later legends Leipzig Lidzbarski Lilith Lilith myth literature magic bowls magic texts male Mandaean means melancholy mentioned Midrash mother motif mysticism mythology Neumann night Nippur numerous original Paris passage Princeton & London problem psychological result Saturn Scholem secret names seductive Sefiroth Shedim Shedû Shekhinah side Sira text spirits strangler Sumerian symbol T.H. Gaster Talmud Testament tion Torczyner translation uncon unconscious winged woman women word YHWH Zohar Zurich