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A New GnosisA New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text

A New Gnosis: A New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text [Comic book authors and illustrators frequently incorporate mythical – and mystical – elements into their narratives and onto their pages, redefining the boundaries of what a comic book might convey and enhancing the medium’s potential for transmitting certain revelatory or “gnostic” truths. The inclusion of such material recrafts the comic book as a gateway for readers’ own possible “non-ordinary” mythical encounters. This introductory essay frames the volume as a whole from within mythological and depth psychological traditions and traces the origins and intersections of these rich comparative fields, including their potential for mining “hidden knowledge” (gnosis) in the graphic medium of comic books.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New GnosisA New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text

Part of the Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture Book Series
Editors: Odorisio, David M.
Odorisio, David M.
A New Gnosis — Jan 1, 2023
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-20126-4
Pages
1 –11
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-20127-1_1
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Abstract

[Comic book authors and illustrators frequently incorporate mythical – and mystical – elements into their narratives and onto their pages, redefining the boundaries of what a comic book might convey and enhancing the medium’s potential for transmitting certain revelatory or “gnostic” truths. The inclusion of such material recrafts the comic book as a gateway for readers’ own possible “non-ordinary” mythical encounters. This introductory essay frames the volume as a whole from within mythological and depth psychological traditions and traces the origins and intersections of these rich comparative fields, including their potential for mining “hidden knowledge” (gnosis) in the graphic medium of comic books.]

Published: Jan 1, 2023

Keywords: Mythology; Depth psychology; Comic books; Gnosis; Freud; Jung

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