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Connecting Mesoamerican creation myth to the modern psyche . . .<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Explore the collective unconscious from a different angle and perspective than we have seen in the European, Slavic, Celtic, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures,\u201d says series editor Michael Escamilla in the foreword to Nancy Swift Furlotti\u2019s\u00a0Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation.<\/em>\u00a0This examination and amplification of K\u2019iche\u2019 Maya creation mythology from Mesoamerica fills a gap in Jungian literature by illustrating the contributions to the collective psyche of an important indigenous American culture with which readers may not be familiar. Furlotti\u2019s work offers an interesting juxtaposition with the prevailing Western scientific rationalistic views that have typified psychological inquiry for the past two and a half centuries.<\/p>\n

Contrasting with the mostly linear orientation of Western scientific and literary traditions, Maya mythology and culture are typified by a cyclical view of time, creation, and experience coupled with an understanding of humanity as in community with\u2014rather than hierarchically superior to\u2014the natural world. Turning to\u00a0Popol Vuh<\/em>, or \u201cDawn of Life,\u201d the Maya creation myth that details the repeated creation and destruction of the world, Jungian analyst and scholar Furlotti seeks \u201cto extract the psychological meaning of the myth that may be pertinent to both the collective understanding of myth as well as the individuals\u2019 process of what Jung described as individuation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noting how a culture\u2019s myths move hand in hand with its development, Furlotti forges connections with ancient wisdom to reconnect with the foundational metaphors that guide all human experience.\u00a0\u00a0Splendor of the Maya\u00a0<\/em>brings fresh perspectives to the collective, often unconscious associations that link the human psyche across time and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connecting Mesoamerican creation myth to the modern psyche . . . \u201cExplore the collective unconscious from a different angle and perspective than we have seen in the European, Slavic, Celtic, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures,\u201d says series editor Michael Escamilla in the foreword to Nancy Swift Furlotti\u2019s\u00a0Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":115100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[2378],"mec_speaker":[533],"class_list":["post-115099","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-free-event"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation - JungianDirectory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Connecting Mesoamerican creation myth to the modern psyche . . . \u201cExplore the collective unconscious from a different angle and perspective than we have seen in the European, Slavic, Celtic, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures,\u201d says series editor Michael Escamilla in the foreword to Nancy Swift Furlotti\u2019s\u00a0Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/the-splendor-of-the-maya-a-journey-into-the-shadows-at-the-dawn-of-creation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JungianDirectory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/splendor-of-maya.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"663\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/the-splendor-of-the-maya-a-journey-into-the-shadows-at-the-dawn-of-creation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/the-splendor-of-the-maya-a-journey-into-the-shadows-at-the-dawn-of-creation\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation - 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