The Cassandra Complex. A Modern View of Hysteria | Laurie Layton Shapira

According to the myth, Cassandra received her prophetic gift from Apollo. This gift became a curse for her, because no one believed her predictions.. She foresaw tragic events, but she could not prevent any of them - even the terrible ending of her own life. Women with developed intuition, especially sensitive to the coming changes, have been persecuted for many centuries. They were insulted, tortured, burned at the stake... Eventually they stopped believing even themselves. Should modern Cassandras experience the same fate?

In this book, Jungian analyst Laurie Layton Shapira examines in detail the myth of Cassandra, its manifestations in the psyche and attitude to hysteria. She describes the psychological profile of a modern woman with a Cassandra complex, its use in therapy and the clinical phases of the analytical process.

The book will be interesting and useful for both professional audiences (psychologists, psychotherapists) and lay readers. At least with his positive confidence that the burden of unconscious "prophecy" can become a source of creativity and a subject of legitimate pride.


For ease of reading, a satin ribbon bookmark is sewn into the book.


The CONTENTS

Introduction

Part I. CASSANDRA IS IN THE PAST

Chapter 1. The Myth and Tragedy of Cassandra
Chapter 2. Cassandra's wounds
Collective dynamics
Individual dynamics
Chapter 3. Hysteria — wanderings of a hungry uterus
Chapter 4. Beyond patriarchal restrictions

Part II. MODERN CASSANDRA

Chapter 5. Dark visions
Chapter 6. Healing Wounds
Stages of analysis
Chapter 7. Athena
Chapter 8. Demeter-Persephone
Chapter 9. Hecate
Chapter 10. Artemis
Chapter 11. Themis

TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE