The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective

Shoshana Fershtman, JD, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and psychologist in Sonoma County, California, USA. She is a member analyst and teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and served as core faculty at the Sonoma State University Depth Psychology program. She has studied Jewish mysticism with teachers from the Jewish Renewal and Reconstructing Judaism movements, and has taught extensively on Jewish mysticism, transgenerational trauma, and the Sacred Feminine. Her work as an attorney focused on advocacy for environmental and social justice and indigenous rights.

Chapter One: The Beloved, Knocking. PART I: An Historical Overview of Jewish Mysticism and Psychology (On One Foot). Chapter Two: Renewing Jewish Mysticism. Chapter Three: Judaism and Psychology. PART II: Rupture. Chapter Four: Exile. PART III: The Awakening. Chapter Five: Women, Copper Mirrors, and Awakening from the Trance of Exile. Chapter Six: Moses and Awakening the Spiritual Fire. Chapter Seven: Shattered Vessels, Scattered Seeds. PART IV: The Healing. Chapter Eight: Serach Bat Asher and Healing the Ruptured Bridge to Collective Memory. Chapter Nine: Joseph—Light out of Darkness. Chapter Ten: Lilith, the Dark Feminine, and the Redemptive Power of Grief. PART V: The Promise. Chapter Eleven: The Watery Initiation and Learning to Trust the Ground of Being. Chapter Twelve: The Fiery Initiation and Moving