# Edward Edinger

American Jungian analyst and psychiatrist who systematically applied depth psychology to literature, mythology, and religious symbolism.

**Lived:** 1922–1998 (b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
**Nationality:** American
**Training:** Bachelor of Arts in chemistry (Indiana University Bloomington); Doctor of Medicine (Yale School of Medicine, 1946); Jungian analysis with Mary Esther Harding (begun 1951)
**Affiliation:** C.G. Jung Foundation (founder member); C.G. Jung Institute in New York (president 1968–1979); C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (senior analyst)

## Key works

- *Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche* (1972)
- *Encounter With the Self: A Jungian Commentary on William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job* (1986)
- *The Bible and the Psyche: Individuation Symbolism in the Old Testament* (1986)
- *Goethe's Faust: Notes for a Jungian Commentary* (1990)
- *Melville's Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary. An American Nekyia* (1978)
- *The Mysterium Lectures: A Journey through CG Jung's Mysterium Coniunctionis* (1995)