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Craig Stephenson's Possession is a book I trust. - Marion Woodman, PhD (Hon), Jungian analyst. Dr. Stephenson makes the remarkable and convincing argument that Jung's understanding of the phenomena of possession lies at the basis of his analytical psychology. Drawing on contemporary insights on possession from anthropology, as well as from psychology, and without subordinating either discipline to the epistemology or conceptual apparatus of the other, Dr. Stephenson re-theorizes how Jung's notion of possession may be used to open and illuminate the problematic space between society, patient and therapist in the therapeutic encounter. - Edward L. Schieffelin, Reader Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University College London. Craig Stephenson brings luminous insights to bear on murky, alarming and difficult terrain, and, in times of sharp conflict between various theologies and dogmatisms, opens a new horizon for thinking fruitfully about the complexities of consciousness and self. This is a rich and lucid book of striking sensitivity and thoughtfulness. - Marina Warner, Author of Phantasmagoria and Fantastic Metamorphoses; Professor of Literature, University of Essex.

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Craig E. Stephenson is a graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich, the Institute for Psychodrama, Zumikon, Switzerland and the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. He is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Paris, France.

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