Steven Herrmann, Ph.D., MFT, Jungian Analyst
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  • Overview
  • Jungian Analysis
  • Vocational Dreams
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Jungian Publications

Publications and Jungian Books

Papers, Reviews, and Books

A list of my essays, reviews, and books on Jungian literary criticism, analysis, and American poetry.


Herrmann, S. (2024). Meister Eckhart and C. G. Jung: On the Vocation of the Self. Bloomington,

          Indiana: iUniverse Publishing. 

—— (2024). Vocational Dreams: Calling Archetypes and Nuclear Symbols. USA / Singapore:  

         Strategic Books Publishing and Rights Co., LCC.

—— (2022). Swami Vivekananda and C.G. Jung: Yoga in the West. USA / Singapore: Strategic 

         Books Publishing and Rights Co., LCC.

—— “Book Review of Myers, Steve. Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation: 

          Overcoming One-Sidedness in Self and Society.” Journal of Analytical Psychology,

          2021, Vol.66, No.5., pp.1239-1252. 

—— (2020a). William James and C. G. Jung: Doorways to the Self. Oberlin, Ohio: Analytical 

         Psychology Press. 

—— (2020b). "The Hypothesis of Psychic Antibodies: The Fight of the Kingsnake and the 

         Rattlesnake." In Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche. 

—— (2020c). "Walt Whitman on Religious Liberty: Marriage Equality and the American Cultural

         Complex," In Thomas Singer, ED. Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America: Myth, Psyche, 

          and Politics. New York: Routledge, pp. 180-196. 

—— (2018a). Emily Dickinson A Medicine Woman for our Times. Cheyenne: Fisher King Press. 

—— (2018b). “Transpersonal Psychology and the Self-Field: An Overview of the Works

         of Jungian Analyst Erich Neumann.” In Integral Transpersonal Journal of Arts, Sciences 

         and Technologies, No. 11, September 2018, pp. 57-77.

—— (2016a). “At the Thresholds of Elysium: Lyrical Illuminations for Lifting Spirit into Bliss 

         from a Jungian, Post-Christian, Spiritually Democratic Perspective.” “Afterword” to 

         Douglas M. Gillette’s book At the Thresholds of  Elysium. United States of America: 

         DouglasGilletteCreations, 543-553. 

—— (2016b). “William James & C. G. Jung: The Emergence of the Field of Transpersonal 

         Psychology.” In Integral Transpersonal Journal of Arts, Sciences and Technologies, 

         No. 8, June 2016, pp. 22-57. 

—— (2016c). William Everson: The Shaman’s Call, Expanded Edition. New York:  Eloquent Books. 

—— (2015a). “C. G. Jung and Teilhard de Chardin: Peacemakers in an Age of  Spiritual 

         Democracy.” In Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Carl Gustav Jung Side by Side. Edited by 

         Fred Gustafson. Cheyenne: Fisher King Press. 

—— (2015b). Spiritual Democracy: The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the  Journey 

         Forward. Foreword by John Beebe. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books  (Sacred Activism Series). 

—— (2014a). “Creation Spirituality.” In Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Editors: David 

         A. Leeming & Stanton Marlan. Springer Publications, Article ID:   306595, Chapter ID: 9005. 

 —— (2014b). “Couples, Marriage and Family Counseling.” In Encyclopedia of  Psychology and 

          Religion. Editors: David A. Leeming & Stanton Marlan.   Springer Publications, Article ID: 

          306596, Chapter ID: 9006. 

—— (2014c). “Progoff, Ira.” In Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Editors:  David A. 

         Leeming & Stanton Marlan. Springer Publications, Article ID: 306600,  Chapter ID: 9010.

 —— (2014d). “Whitman, Walt.” In Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Editors:  David A. 

          Leeming & Stanton Marlan. Springer Publications, Article ID: 306001,  Chapter ID: 9011. 

—— (2014e). “Teilhard de Chardin: Cosmic Christ.” In Encyclopedia of Psychology  and Religion.

         Editors: David A. Leeming & Stanton Marlan. Springer  Publications, Article ID: 306726, 

         Chapter ID: 9128. 

—— (2014f). “Everson, William.” In Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Editors: David A. 

         Leeming & Stanton Marlan. Springer Publications, Article ID:  306836, Chapter ID: 9232. 

—— (2013) “Afterword” to “William Everson: The Far-Cast Spear, a Foreword to the   Women 

         at Point Sur by Robinson Jeffers.” In Jeffers Studies. Volume 17, 2013,  60-66. 

—— (2012). “The Shamanic Archetype in Robinson Jeffers’s Poetry.” In Jeffers  Studies. Volume

         16, Numbers 1 & 2. Spring and Fall 2012, 1-34. 

—— (2011a). “Walt Whitman, Poet-Shaman.” Book Interview, Advocate.com. 

—— (2011b). “The Transformation of Violence: The Case of Jacob,” Journal of  Sandplay Therapy, 

         Vol. 20, No. 1. pp. 117-134. 

—— (2010a). “Melville’s Portrait of Same-Sex Marriage in Moby-Dick.”  In Jung Journal: Culture &

         Psyche. Volume 4, No. 3, 65-89.” 

—— (2010b). Walt Whitman: Shamanism, Spiritual Democracy, and the World Soul.  Durham: 

         Eloquent Books. 

—— (2010c). “The Emergence of Moby Dick in the Dreams of a Five-Year-Old Boy.”  In Cultures

         and Identities in Transition: Jungian Perspectives. New York:  Routledge, pp. 17-29. 

—— (2009a). William Everson: The Shaman’s Call. New   York: Eloquent Books. 

—— (2009b). “The Case of Clare: The Emergence of the Self in a Six-Year-Old Girl,”  Journal of 

         Sandplay Therapy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 111-132. 

—— (2009c). “Colloquy with the Inner Friend: Jung’s Religious Feeling for Islam,”  Jung Journal: 

         Culture and Psyche, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.123-132. 

—— (2008). “The Treatment of an Abandonment Trauma,” Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Vol. 17, 

         No. 2. Pp. 51-74. 

—— (2007a). “The Transformation of Terror into Joy.” Journal of Sandplay Therapy,  Vol. XVI, 2, 

         pp. 101-113. 

—— (2007b). “Book Reviews.” The Journal of Analytical Psychology,” Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 675-676. 

—— (2007c). “Emergence of the Bipolar Cultural Complex in Walt Whitman,” The  Journal of 

         Analytical Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp.463-478. 

—— (2007d). “Luigi Zoja: Cultivating the Soul,” Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche,   Vol. 1, No. 4,

         pp. 83-90. 

—— (2007e). “Letters to the Editor,” Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche. Vol. 1, No. 3, 5-12. 

—— (2007f). “Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Imagination.” Jung Journal:  Culture and 

         Psyche, Vol. 1, No. 2, 16-47. 

—— (2005a). “A Conversation with William Everson: Shamanism, American Poetry, And the 

         Vision Quest.” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal,   Vol. 24, No. 4. 

—— (2005b). “Melville’s Vision of Evil,” expanded edition for the IAAP:  International Association 

         for Analytical Psychology (iaap.org);“Articles—Psyche and Culture.” 

——  (2004). “The Cultural Complex in Walt Whitman,” The San Francisco Jung   Institute Library 

         Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4. 

—— (2003a). “Melville’s Vision of Evil,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library  Journal, Vol. 22, 

         No. 3. 

—— (2003b). “Whitman, Dickinson and Melville—American Poet-Shamans:  Forerunners of 

         Poetry Therapy,” Journal of Poetry Therapy, Vol. 16, No. 1. 

—— (2003c). “Letters to the Editor,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library  Journal, Vol. 21, 

         No. 4. 

—— (2002). “Donald Sandner: The Shamanic Archetype,” The San Francisco Jung  Institute 

         Library Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2. 

—— (2001). “Remembering the Wound,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Vol. 

         20, No. 1. 

—— (2000). “Donald Kalsched: The Inner World of Trauma,” The San   Francisco Jung Institute 

         Library Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2. 

—— (1999). “Gothic Poetry and the Daimonic,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 

         Vol. 18, No. 2. 

—— (1998). “Murray Stein: The Transformative Image,” The San   Francisco Jung Institute Library 

          Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1. 

—— (1997). “The Visionary Artist,” The San Francisco Jung Institute Library  Journal, Vol. 16, 

         No. 1. 

—— (1994). Vocational Development in Childhood: A Four-Subject Case Study with  SED Type 

         Children. Richmond. CA: Argosy University. 

—— (1992). “Latterday Shaman,” Perspectives on William Everson. Grants Pass:  Castle Peak 

         Editions. 

—— (1986). Vocational Dreams and the Nuclear Self. Master’s Thesis. Pleasant Hill, CA: John F. 

          Kennedy University (JFKU). 

—— (1982). Meister Eckhart on the Recollection of the Self: A Jungian Perspective. Santa Cruz, 

          CA: University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).   


Spiritual Democracy

A Video on my book Spiritual Democracy: The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the Journey Forward. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books (Sacred Activism Series), 2014. 

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