<p>Myths are humanity&#39;s topography, genealogy, and history. They provide symbols that help us live; their characters and deeds tell us what is successful and what fails, and under which conditions.</p><p>In Mythanalysis, mythographer and psychologist Pierre Solie pays particular attention to two myths about the Great Mother -- those pertaining to the Babylonian goddess Tiamat and the Egyptian goddess Isis. He analyzes these myths using several developmental diagrams and proposes the idea of chiasma -- which means cross -- to account for the crossovers where psychological changes take place. Numerous clinical cases are also presented that support the use of myth in therapy. Mythanalysis is a brilliant contribution to the science of human nature.</p><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><p>Part One Mythanalysis Defined</p><p>Laura&#39;s Case, or the Return to the Land of Egypt</p><p>Myths About Life, Sex, and Death: The Myth of Isis and Osiris</p><p>Dialectical Models: Cannibalism and Agape</p><p>The Babylonian Myth of Marduk and Tiamat</p><p>Laura&#39;s Return</p><p>Part Two Mythanalysis Applied</p><p>Nocturnal Dreaming: Manifestation of Objective Psychic Reality and Witness to Its Transformation</p><p>The Psychotherapist as Sacred Prostitute of Nighttime and Daytime Dreams</p><p>Geo-History: Political, Imaginary, and Therapeutic</p><p>Therapeutic Literature</p><p>A Return to Myth</p>