The descent to Hades. Excerpt from "The Dream & The Underworld" by James Hillman

Hades & Persephone

Remember that the ancients did not have "psychology" they had myths instead. The legion of myths and gods and goddesses are at once interpreted as something "out there" and also as simply ways of organizing and describing the inner world of the human psyche. Every great myth can be corresponded with some human psychological process. In the case of depression, this is seen in the mythical descent into the underworld, Hades.   ​

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