The Wisdom of the Serpent. Myths about death, rebirth and resurrection

This book is a significant contribution to analytical psychology, which discusses the significance of the symbolism of death and rebirth as part of the theme of initiation. Joseph Lewis Henderson is a leading expert in this field.

The material presented in this book is the next step after the myth of the hero, which was popularized by Joseph Campbell, it gives an understanding of how, instead of inflating the myth of the hero to the psychology of mastery, to use it as an achievement, which is inevitably followed by a gradual process of dying.