Why Would Psyche Create Money? (Paperback)

Money. People kill for it and die for it. Yet, it is nothing more than a concept, an agreement of value made between our early ancestors. How did money get so much power, where did it come from, and how do we take back control of it? This book explores the depths of both history and the psyche to understand the origins of money and how it acts in our lives. Using the Jungian hermeneutic methodology, texts from economics, anthropology, mythology, folklore, and depth psychology are analyzed to discover and explore the existence of a new archetypal image of peer relationships and a new theory of the origin and function of money. This interpretation also provides information that leads to the development of an understanding of the nature of commercial relationships and the cost of these relationships to our individual psyches and to the functioning of society in general.