Ring of Power : The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine - A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
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A vivid grasp of the story and the characters in The Ring of Niebelung brings Richard Wagner's mythic four-opera cycle to life. The Ring Cycle has a hold on our imagination like no other operatic work because it is archetypal and has the power of myth as well as music to reverberate in the psyche. Bolen shows how myth illuminates psychology, and more. Ring of Power goes beyond the psychology of the individual, revealing dysfunctional families and patriarchal institutions.Tags
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Meu primeiro livro junguiano, quão irônico ele ser sobre o ciclo do anel de Wagner.
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Dec 7, 2025 (Edited)Portuguese (Brazil)
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Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, is a psychiastrist, a Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker. Her books include Goddesses in Everywoman, Goddesses in Older Women, and many others. She is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California show more at San Francisco. She lives in Marin County, California. show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- O Anel do Poder
- People/Characters
- Richard Wagner; Carl Jung; Siegfried (Wagner Ring Cycle); Loki; Wotan (Wagner Ring Cycle)
- Important places*
- Valhalla
- Related movies*
- Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924 | IMDb); Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924 | IMDb)
- Epigraph*
- "Um Anel do Poder cuida de si mesmo, Frodo. Ele pode fugir traiçoeiramente, mas o seu detentor nunca o abandona. No máximo, ele brinca com a idéia de passá-lo aos cuidados de outra pessoa... Mas, pelo que sei, só Bilbo, ... (show all)em toda a história, foi além da brincadeira, tendo-o feito defato."
"Ao seu usuário, o Anel deu domínio sobre toda criatura viva; mas, tendo sido concebido por um poder maléfico, no final ele corrompia inevitavelmente quem quer que tentasse usá-lo."
Lord of the Rings, de J. R. R. Tolkien, Parte Um
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- Nonfiction, Music, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 782.1 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music [formerly: Dramatic music and production of musical drama] Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions
- LCC
- ML410 .W15 .B64 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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