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Tables of Contents for Medusa's Hair
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
12
Part One
Introduction
13
1
Private and Public Symbols
14
4
The Problem
18
3
Female Ascetics and Matted Hair
21
1
Three Female Ascetic-Ecstatics
22
1
Karunavati Maniyo
22
5
Nandavati Maniyo
27
3
Manci Nona
30
23
The Meaning of Hair
33
5
The Yogi and the Monk: Siva and the Buddha: Matted Hair and Shaven Head
38
2
Social Institutions and the Unconscious
40
4
Matted Hair and Shaven Head: Two Kinds of Psychological Symbolism
44
6
Conventionalization of Personal Symbols
50
3
Part Two
Introduction
53
1
The Dark Night of the Soul: Illustration and Psychocultural Exegesis
53
1
Pemavati Vitarana
53
13
Juliet's Dilemma: Buddhist Asceticism or Hindu Devotionalism
66
1
H. Juliet Nona
66
25
The Symbolization of Guilt
76
8
The Symbolic Integration of Personality
84
7
Part Three
Introduction
91
1
Interpersonal Interaction and Personal Symbols
91
1
Munasinha Beauty Silva
91
33
Myth Models
99
3
Communication and Estrangement
102
4
Networks of Meaning
106
9
Ghosts, Demons, and Deep Motivation
115
8
Part Four
Introduction
123
1
Descent into the Grave
124
1
Sirima Hettiaracci
124
18
Subjective Imagery: An Interpretation of Sirima's Case History
131
7
Tryst with the Black Prince: Incubus and Fire Walker
138
4
A Hook Hanger at Kataragama
142
1
Tuan Sahid Abdin
142
51
Comment on Abdin's Ritual Activities
148
1
Abdin's Descent into the Grave
149
1
A Ritual for Kali
150
4
Abdin's Tongue: An Interpretation
154
5
Fantasy and Symbolism in the Integration of Personality with Culture
159
6
Fantasy, Personal Symbols, and Subjective Imagery: A Metapsychological Excursus
165
4
Part Five
Introduction
169
1
Subjective Imagery and the Invention of Culture
169
6
Culture and the Unconscious: The Case of Contemporary Iconography
175
4
The Model for the Myth
179
4
Epilogue: The End and the Beginning
183
10
Notes
193
10
Glossary
203
4
References
207
6
Index
213