Explorations of the Soul

The mystical marriage has been a central idea throughout the ages and Gerhard Wehr here traces the theme from the fertility cults and myths of ancient times through biblical, oriental, Gnostic, kabbalistic, mystical and alchemical interpretations to the depths psychology of C.G. Jung and gives a striking example of the mystical marriage today, exploring the subject in depth but with an understanding and clarity that will appeal to the general reader. Turning his attention to man's self-development, he shows how the conflict between inner and outer events and experiences can be resolved through the unification of opposites that constitutes a mystical marriage - a symbol of spiritual rebirth, the quest of all mystics