Food and Transformation: Imagery and Symbolism of Eating (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)

263 Pages·1996·0.86 MB·English

by  Eve Jackson

Food and Transformation : Imagery and
title: Symbolism of Eating Studies in Jungian
Psychology By Jungian Analysts ; 74
author: Jackson, Eve.
publisher: Inner City Books
isbn10 | asin: 0919123759
print isbn13: 9780919123755
ebook isbn13: 9780585097152
language: English
Jung, C. G.--1875-1961.--(Carl Gustav), ,
Food--Psychological aspects, Food habits--
subject Psychological aspects, Aliments--Aspect
psychologique, Habitudes alimentaires--
Aspect psychologique.
publication date: 1996
lcc: TX357.J24 1996eb
ddc: 641.3/01/9
Jung, C. G.--1875-1961.--(Carl Gustav), ,
Food--Psychological aspects, Food habits--
subject: Psychological aspects, Aliments--Aspect
psychologique, Habitudes alimentaires--
Aspect psychologique.
Page 1
Food and Transformation
Page 2
Marie-Louise von Franz, Honorary Patron
Studies in Jungian Psychology
by Jungian Analysts
Daryl Sharp, General Editor
Page 3
Food and Transformation
Imagery and Symbolism of Eating
Eve Jackson
Page 4
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Jackson, Eve, 1943-
Food and transformation: imagery and symbolism of eating
(Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts; 74)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-919123-75-9
1. FoodPsychological aspects.
2. Food habitsPsychological aspects.
I. Title. II. Series.
TX357.J33 1996 641.3´0019 C96-930171-5
Copyright © 1996 by Eve Jackson.
All rights reserved.
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Publisher and General Editor: Daryl Sharp.
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INNER CITY BOOKS was founded in 1980 to promote the
understanding and practical application of the work of C.G. Jung.
Cover painting and illustrations on pages 10, 91, 117 by Vicki Cowan
(Copyright © 1996).
Index by Daryl Sharp
Printed and bound in Canada by University of Toronto Press
Incorporated
Page 5
Contents
Acknowledgments 6
Introduction 7
1 11
The Food Chain
2 31
On the Menu
The Fruit of Paradise 34
Meat, Power and Pain 46
Grain and Culture 65
Vegetarianism 76
A la Carte 80
3 82
Eating Together
4 92
Assimilation
The Alimentary Process 97
The Mouth: The Way In 97
Saliva and Anticipation 100
Teeth and Tackling Things 101
Chewing and Deliberation 103
Swallowing It 104
The Mysterious Gut 105
Shit and Shadow 107
Nourishment and Value 109
5 112
Fat, Body Image and Self-Image
Bibliography 118
Index 123
See final page for descriptions of other Inner City Books
Page 6
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank warmly all those analysands, colleagues and
friends who kept the developing book fed with stories, dreams and
suggestions. I am especially indebted to Dave Stevens, who provided
me with hot dinners while I wrote, and to Molly Tuby, for her many
helpful comments on the manuscript.
The story "The Lion's Share" on page 59, from The King's Drum and
Other African Stories by Harold Courlander (published by Rupert-
Hart Davis, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Limited), is used
with permission.
Food, eat, eating . . . verbseat, feed, fare,
devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap;
fall to; despatch, dispatch; take down, get
down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick,
pick, peck; gormandize (see gluttony);
bite, champ, munch, crunch, chew,
masticate, nibble, gnaw; live on; feed on,
batten on, fatten on, feast upon; browse,
graze, crop; regale, carouse; eat heartily,
do justice to; banquet; break bread, break
one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea,
sup. Colloq., put away; drink like a fish;
come and get it! soup's on!
Roget's Thesaurus.