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SUBJECT INDEX
A
Age of Narcissism, xvii, 219-229
Allies, 42, 96, 147-148, 150, 156, 162, 199, 202
Alter Ego, 92, 166, 118, 132
American Hero, 219, 227-228
American Myth, 219-229
Amnesia, 214
Anal Expulsive, 33-34, 43
Anal Retentive, 33-34, 43
Anal Stage of Psycho sexual Development, 33-36
Androcentric, 4, 165
Androgyny, 138, 171
Anima, 123-125, 129-140, 152, 161, 169-174
Animal Heroes, 183-186
Animal Mentor, 183
Animus, 125, 130-134, 139, 166, 170-173
Antihero, 22-23, 26-28, 80, 200-203, 227
Anxiety, 34, 47, 53, 60, 69-74, 209-216, 225
Anxiety Dreams, 70, 73
Apotheosis, 153-154, 159-164, 224
Archetypes, xiv-xv, 113-141, 145, 152, 155, 165-174, 192, 219-229
Associations, 67, 113-114, 121, 129, 180
Atonement with the Father, 152, 159-164
Autonomy, 83-89, 105
B
Backstory, 92-96, 106-109, 119-120, 131
Ballgame Metaphor, 209
Belly of the Whale, 150, 159-164
Beyond Duality, 170-174
Birth of the Divine Child, 138, 170
Body Switching, 10-12
C
Gall to Adventure, 147-150, 159-164, 200, 203
Castration Anxiety, xii, 3, 8-9, 12-14
Catharsis, xi, 49, 62, 138, 155, 214-218
Child Hero, xvi, 180-187
Childhood Fantasies, 180, 185
Climactic Death, 157
Climax, 17, 21, 35, 38, 117, 155, 211, 224
Code of Honor, 52, 220, 221, 227, 229
Collective Unconscious, xiv, 113-114, 122, 129, 133-135, 139
Comeuppance, 17-18, 26-28, 221
Comic Dyad, 33-34, 44, 46, 98
Comic Relief, 22, 34, 44, 53-54, 59-65, 127, 130
Communication Breakdown, 98-99, 106-109
Compassionate Mediator, 99-100, 106, 109, 173
Compensation, 177-179, 185
Contrasting Duality, 117-118
Cowardly Characters, 22, 26
Creative Self-Consciousness, 211, 214-216
Creator Archetype, 224-225
Crisis of Conscience, 21, 26
Crisis of Intimacy, 97-98, 106-107
Crossing of the First Threshold, 150, 160, 163
Crossing of the Return Threshold, 156, 162-163
D
Daemonic, 213-218, 224
Dark Heroes, 118
Daydream Sequences, 71, 72
Death of the Innocent, 212, 218
Defenselessness, 9
Defensiveness, 48
Denial, xi, 50-51, 62-65
Denouement, 7, 71, 83, 141, 215-218
Departure, 146, 160, 164
Destructiveness, 35, 43
Disney, 122, 180-185
Displacement, 55-56, 62-65
Dramatic Pause, 30-31
Dreamwork, 67-108
Duality, 116-118, 123, 125, 131, 170-174, 190-198
E
Earth Goddess, 114, 121
Ego as Hero, 18
Ego Defense Mechanisms, 47-65
Electra Complex, 4, 12-13, 41, 44
Emergent Hero, 212, 216, 218
Epiphany, 34-35, 51, 67, 153-154, 211, 214-218, 224-225
Eros, 4, 8, 12, 14-15
Existential Conflict, 102-103, 209-218
Existential Despair, 103, 209, 219
Existential Reversal, 224
Expressionism, 70-75
External Goal, 192-196, 210-218, 224
External Obstacle, 5, 7, 34, 68, 160
F
Fallen Hero, 23-28
Falling Death, 18
False Mentor, 123, 129
Fantasizing, 71, 75
Fate, 97, 137, 140-141
Femme Fatale, 124, 130, 132
Finding One’s Self, 96
Forbidden Fruit, 6-7, 12-14
Foreclosure, 94, 106-109
Foreshadowing, 70, 195
H
Hieros Gamos, 138, 140-141, 152, 170
I
Intellectualization, 56, 62-65
Internal Conflict, xiii, 4-11, 19-34, 43-48, 64, 74, 82-85, 95, 119, 121, 199, 211-214
Intimacy, 41, 45, 53, 83, 96-109, 170
Isolated Genius, 222-229
J
Jokes, 42, 59-65
K
Knight in Shining Armor, 167, 171-172
L
Latent Content, 67
Leap of Faith, 80-82, 87-88, 152
Libido, 15, 19-29, 32-40, 47-55, 62, 64, 73, 84
Life Affirming Movies, 103-104, 107
Lone Crusader, 220, 227-228
Lone Hero, 58-59
Love as Fate, 137, 141
Love Interest, 5-6, 12-13, 87, 108, 119, 124-134, 138-141, 152, 161, 170, 192-196
Love Scenes, 138, 141
Lucky Coincidences, 135-136, 140
M
Mad Scientist, 222-229
Magic Flight, 155-164
Maiden in Distress, 9, 18, 123-132, 161, 167, 172, 214
Manifest Content, 67, 73
Marriage Saving, 182-183
Master of the Two Worlds, 156, 162-164
Meek Heroes, 117
Meeting with the Goddess, 151-152, 159-164
Mentors, 19-28, 52, 58, 62-65, 80-83, 89, 96, 101-109, 123, 129-141, 146-164, 183, 191-194, 202, 220, 226
Midlife Crisis, 100-102, 106
Mistrust, 80-82, 87-89, 97
Moratorium, 94-95, 106, 109
Mother Goddess, 114, 121-123, 129-134, 139, 151-152, 166, 170
Myth of Dependency, 166, 172
Myth of Female Inferiority, 166-167, 172
Myth of Oedipus, 3-8
Myth of Romantic Love, 166, 167, 172
N
Narcissism, 219-229
Nemeses, 189, 190, 194
Neurotic Conflict, xiii-xvi, 5, 12, 15-28, 33-34, 43, 47-48, 55, 73
Normative Conflict, xiv, 79-89
O
Oedipal Complex, xii, 3-15, 26, 36, 40, 43, 51, 84, 177
Oedipal Rivalry, 5, 12, 14, 177, 189
> Ogre Tyrant, 167, 171-172
Opposing Archetypes, 117
Oral Fixation, 29-33, 43, 45
R
Renegade Cop, 150, 220-221, 227-229
Repression, 48-50, 62-65
Rescue from Without, 155-156, 162-164
Return, 146-148, 154-164
Return to the Goddess, 158
Reuniting with the Parents, 182, 184
Revealing the Inferiority Complex, 178-179, 185
Revenge, 212-214
Reward, 42, 124, 138, 153-154, 158
Rivalry (see oedipal rivalry, romantic rivalry, and sibling rivalry)
Road of Trials, 151, 159, 161-166, 172-174
Role Model (see Mentor)
Role Reversal, 9-14, 182, 185-187
Romantic Rivalry, 192-196
S
Sacred Marriage (see Hieros Gamos)
Sacrifice, 23, 81-82, 155, 157, 162, 193, 202, 224-226
Secondary Mentor, 146, 149, 153, 157
Self-Consciousness, 210-217
Separation from the Feminine, 165-166, 172-174
Sex Scenes (see love scenes)
Sexual Demons, 69
Shadow, 116-139, 153, 156, 190, 225
Shadowy Pasts, 119
Shapeshifters, 127-132, 152
Sibling Rivalry, 177, 189-196
Smoking, 30-31, 43
Spectator Role (see Ballgame Metaphor)
Stagnating Mentor, 101-102, 107, 109
Star Power, 116
Straight Man, 33-34
Strong Women Can Say No, 168-174
Sub-Hero, 156-158
Sublimation, 52-53, 62-65, 85
Succubus, 69, 73-75
Superego, 19-28, 41, 43, 84
Superiority Complex, 177-180, 185-187, 197-203, 223
Supernatural Aid, 149, 153, 159-164
Supervillains, 179, 185-186
Superwoman Mystique, 168, 172
Surrealism, 71, 75
Suspension of Disbelief, 71-72, 75, 136, 183
Symbolic Death, 153, 156
Synchronicity (see Lucky Coincidences)
T
Teen Sex Movies, 42, 44
Teen Temptresses, 41, 46
Thanatos, 4, 8, 12, 14-15
Threshold Guardian, 150, 154, 160-161
Tragedy, 6-8, 23-24, 41, 60, 102, 135-137
Tragic Misunderstanding, 98-99, 106, 109
Tragic Past, 58, 65
Tragic Transformation, 119, 135
Transcendent Function, 133, 139
Trickster, 126-132
Trust, 72, 80-82, 87-89, 97, 105-106
Two-Headed Dragon, 166-167, 171
Typecasting, 115, 129
U
Ultimate Boon, 153-154, 161-164
Underdog, 85-89, 197-198
Urgent Yearning to Reconnect with the Feminine, 169, 173
V
Vampires, 15-16, 32, 128
Vengeance (see revenge)
Vigilante Heroes, 118
Virgin Heroes, 42-44, 46
Visualizing the Mentor, 19
Voiceover Narration, 92, 106-107
W
Weapons of Power, 149
Wild Woman Archetype, 169, 171
Willing Lamb, 225-226
Wise Old Man, 123, 129-134, 139, 146, 161, 166, 171-172
Wish Fulfillment, 67-75, 181, 185
Woman as the Temptress, 152, 159, 161-164
World of the Common Day, 146-147, 156, 160, 163
Wounded Hero, 136-137