The religious dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses : recovering a forgotten hermeneutic / James Gollnick.

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Gollnick, James Timothy

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Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion

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TextSeries: Editions SR ; v. 25.Publication details: Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion = Corp. canadienne des Sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 174 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0889203008
9780889203006
9780889208032
0889208034

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religious dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses.DDC classification:

873/.01 23

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PA6217 .G64 1999eb

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Contents:

The Dreamworld as Hermeneutical Perspective -- Literary Dreams and the Nature of the Metamorphoses -- Dream Interpretation in the Second Century -- Dreams in the Metamorphoses -- The Eros and Psyche Myth: Psychological Interpretations -- Lucius' Religious Experience -- Conclusion.

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Summary: Apuleius's 'Metamorphoses' is probably best known as the literary source for the myth of Eros and Psyche and as a primary source of information about mystery religions in the ancient world. There is another realm of the 'Metamorphoses' which has, until now, received relatively little attention namely, the many dreams found within it. 'The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses' offers an engaging portrait of the second-century dreamworld. Recognizing the centrality of the religious function and spiritual interpretation of dreams, this book illustrates their vital importance in the ancient world and the wide variety of meanings attributed to them. James Gollnick draws deeply from historical and psychological studies and provides a historical background on the current interest in the role of dreams in psychological and spiritual transformation. This study of Apuleius's 'Metamorphoses' adds to an appreciation of Apuleius the dreamer and the second-century dreamworld in which he lived and wrote.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Apuleius's 'Metamorphoses' is probably best known as the literary source for the myth of Eros and Psyche and as a primary source of information about mystery religions in the ancient world. There is another realm of the 'Metamorphoses' which has, until now, received relatively little attention namely, the many dreams found within it. 'The Religious Dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses' offers an engaging portrait of the second-century dreamworld. Recognizing the centrality of the religious function and spiritual interpretation of dreams, this book illustrates their vital importance in the ancient world and the wide variety of meanings attributed to them. James Gollnick draws deeply from historical and psychological studies and provides a historical background on the current interest in the role of dreams in psychological and spiritual transformation. This study of Apuleius's 'Metamorphoses' adds to an appreciation of Apuleius the dreamer and the second-century dreamworld in which he lived and wrote.

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