In this exciting best-seller from Europe, the author, a Jungian analyst,
discusses close interpersonal relationships, their dynamics and depth
dimensions as well as their surface problems from the viewpoint of
archetypal patterns. Problems of bonding, of disillusionment, of
projection and introjection are carefully discussed. Focusing primarily
on the relationship between the sexes, this work also includes much that
is relevant to other forms of human intimacy. Myth is brought alive and
illuminates the present with the intense light cast by archetypal
understandings.
The Nature of Loving is a joy to read. It avoids the dry style of many
similar books, but treats love and relationship as mystery and the
numinous. Every page lives and glows.
-Robert A. Johnson, Author of We: Understanding the Psychology of
Romantic Love and Inner Work
Verena Kast demonstrates how the imagination plays a role in love, how
our vision of the beloved's best possibilities are brought forth by our
love. Also, that we fantasize ourselves into our own best possibilities
from the beloved's eyes, becoming more of ourselves . . . This is a
fantastic book. It sheds light on the idealization of our loves and the
creative potential released in us by them.
-Florence L. Wiedemann, Jungian Analyst
An excellent study of myths as revealing paradigms of
relationship...Well worth reading. -
-John A. Sanford, Jungian Analyst, Author of The Invisible
Partners and The Kingdom Within
Verena Kast is a training analyst and teacher in the C. G. Jung
Institute of Zurich, Switzerland
