CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD TO THE PRINCETON CLASSICS EDITION vii
3. FOREWORD xiii
4. NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT xv
5. CONTENTS xvii
6. LIST OF PLATES xxi
7. LIST OF TEXT FIGURES xxxix
8. PREFACE xlvii
9. PART I
10. Chapter One. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ARCHETYPE 3
11. Chapter Two. THE ARCHETYPAL FEMININE AND THE GREAT MOTHER 18
12. Chapter Three. THE TWO CHARACTERS OF THE FEMININE 24
13. Chapter Four. THE CENTRAL SYMBOLISM OF THE FEMININE 39
14. Chapter Five. THE TRANSFORMATION MYSTERIES 55
15. Chapter Six. THE FUNCTIONAL SPHERES OF THE FEMININE 64
16. Chapter Seven. THE PHENOMENON OF REVERSAL AND THE DYNAMIC OF THE ARCHETYPE 75
17. PART II
18. A. THE ELEMENT AR Y CHARACTER
19. Chapter Eight. INTRODUCTION 89
20. Chapter Nine. THE PRIMORDIAL GODDESS 94
21. Chapter Ten. THE POSITIVE ELEMENTARY CHARACTER 120
22. Chapter Eleven. THE NEGATIVE ELEMENTARY CHARAc'rER 147
23. B. THE TRANSFORMA 1"'IVE CHARACTER
24. Chapter Twelve. THE GREAT ROUND 211
25. Chapter Thirteen. THE LADY OF THE PLANTS 240
26. Chapter Fourteen. THE LADY OF THE BEASTS 268
27. Chapter Fifteen. SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION 281
28. BIBLIOGRAPHY 337
29. ERICH NEUMANN 353
30. INDEX 355
31. PLATES 381