Psychic Energy: Its Source and Its Transformation

by Mary Esther Harding

Book Overview

A study of the primitive and unconscious aspects of man's nature and the processes by which their energies may contribute to the integration of personality. New edition, comprehensively revised and enlarged, with many new illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691017905
• ISBN13: 9780691017907
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 517 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

A Classic on the Path of Individuation

I read Harding's work in the late 70s after an intense spiritual awakening which was first expressed in Christian fundamentalism in the early 70s. During a time of study at the C.G. Jung Foundation and the New School (New York City) I began to discover the spiritual meaning and personal potential of the Christian myth. The work continues to this day, and I am thankful to Harding and others (Edinger, Neumann, Jacobi, Von Franz, Whitmont) who extended the insights of Jung for pioneers along the path of individuation.

Psychic Energy -- a misleading title

Given today's New Age flavor, Esther Harding's title, Psychic Energy, could easily be misleading. Psychic Energy is not a New Age book, but a serious consideration of very deep human psychological and psyche conditions and conditioning. Esther Harding was a leading psychoanalyst in the 1920s. Her knowledge, experience and perceptions rank with Marion Woodman and Eric Erickson. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to probe more deeply into the human psyche for fresh explanations of who we are and how we come to be.