Good Friday's Psychological Meaning
Henault, Barry W., Anglican Journal
There can be no doubt that Mark's passion narrative would make for a wonderfully vivid -- albeit, terrifying -- dream. Betrayal, abandonment, slander, judgement, psychological abuse, intense physical suffering and finally death itself all play their part. These are some of our deepest fears and they find their natural expression in the world's most powerful literature and our dreams.
What would it mean if we approached the Gospels' account of Easter from the perspective of dream analysis? For Carl G. Jung, the famous Swiss psychologist, the key to interpreting dreams often lay in viewing all of the actors in the drama as aspects of the dreamer. When we approach Mark's passion …
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Publication information:
Article title: Good Friday's Psychological Meaning.
Contributors: Henault, Barry W. - Author.
Magazine title: Anglican Journal.
Volume: 123.
Issue: 3
Publication date: March 1997.
Page number: 11.
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