Mercury Rising: Women, Evil and the Trickster Gods (Paperback)

This is a REVISED EDITION of Mercury Rising by Deldon Anne McNeely, and includes an index. Female trickster figures have been a universal theme from Scheherazade to Mata Hari to the sirens of the silver screen. Mercury Rising examines our sense of of order and morality and considers it from a post-Jungian feminist perspective. Tricksters can teach us the nature of femininity and evil, and provide for us the spark that makes life more full and rewarding. This is destined to be a seminal book on understanding the trickster figures in human idiosyncrasies and what is often misunderstood as "evil." --About the Author-- Deldon Anne McNeely received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University and is a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. A senior analyst of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, she is a training analyst for their New Orleans Jungian Seminar. Publications include 'Becoming: An Introduction to Jung's Concept of Individuation (2010 Fisher King Press), ' Touching: Body Therapy and Depth Psychology(1987 Inner City Books); Animus Aeternus: Exploring the Inner Masculine(2010 Fisher King Press; and Mercury Rising: Women, Evil, and the Trickster Gods (2011 Fisher King Press).