Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo

Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo offers a depth psychological analysis of the art and life of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist painter.

Dennis Pottenger is a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and award-winning literary journalist based in the USA. Rebecca Livingston Pottenger is a licensed psychotherapist, feminist scholar, and adjunct faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA.

Acknowledgments Prelude: Preparing the Canvas Part I - The Death of Remedios Varo and the Science of All Things One - Varo's Alchemical Practice of Painting and the Problem of Patriarchy Two -The Fructifying Bonfire of Trauma and Death Three - Putting the Canvas on the Easel: Surrealism, Alchemy, and the Unconscious Four - The End as Beginning: Varo's Dream of the Executioner, Last Painting, and Death Five - Embroidering the Earth's Mantle: Psychology, Alchemy, and Weaving the Garment of a New World Six - Voyage to the Center of the Inner World: The Feminine Quest, the Labyrinth, and the Dangerous Secret Seven - Cauldrons of Color: Dead Leaves and the Alchemical Movement Between Life, Death, and Rebirth Eight - Birds and Eggs: Symbol of the Liberated Soul and Image of Immortality Nine - The Dream of the Executioner: A Paradigm Shift Part II - Mystical Sisters: Varo, Carrington, the Eternal Feminine, and the Unmaking of Patriarchy Ten - Kindred Spirits: Varo, Carrington, and the Possibilities of Women's Creative Power Eleven - Breaking Out: Varo, Carrington, and Blackening the Patriarchal Paradigm Twelve - In the Footsteps of Virginia Woolf: Humiliated Manhood and Re-Visioning of the Feminine Thirteen - Alchemy in Exile: Varo and Carrington in Mexico City Fourteen - The Way They Loved Each Other: The Crucible of Friendship and the Unmaking of Patriarchy Part III - Symbols of Transformation: The Golden Key, the Black Door, and the Inestimable Value of the Living Third Thing Fifteen - Imaginal Dialogues: The Alchemical Treasure of the Feminine