"While glaringly obvious in our culture, sex and sexuality are still only dimly understood: it is everywhere visible, subject to moralism, studied by psychologists, used and abused in advertising, confusing to adolescents, frightening to some, suffered by many in symptomatic forms. But Edward Santana covers the ground - from struggles between culture and instinct to pharmaceuticals and technology - in this brilliant study of Jung's work, contemporary psychological treatment, and the importance of recognizing sexual life as a deep, exquisite expression of the human soul." - Lyn Cowan, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
"This book should be required reading for any psychotherapist who treats people suffering from sexual difficulties. It will
fill a void in the Jungian literature on sexuality. Dr. Santana's stress on the spiritual dimensions of sexuality is a necessary corrective to purely behavioral approaches." - Lionel Corbett, M.D., Jungian Analyst
"Edward Santana's
Jung and Sex effectively answers the question: what would a nineteenth century born psychologist have to contribute to the field of sexual studies and therapeutic treatment, especially in an era dominated by behaviorism and cognitive psychologies? Jung not only repositions human sexuality through the biological and social into the realm of the spiritual but affirms that a sexual problem can only be solved by love, that is, by an engagement with the meaning dimension. This book asks the reader to approach the mystery of sex with a willingness to submit to
psyche, a Greek word which translates as
Soul." - James Hollis, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst in Washington, D.C., and author of numerous books, most recently,
What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life, and
Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives.
