Abrahams, Rodgers D. Trickster, the Outrageous Hero.Tristram P. Coffin, ed.
Our Living Traditions: An Introduction to American Folklore, New York,
N.Y.: Basic Books. 1968. 170-78
Ammons, A.R. The Selected Poems: Reflective. New York: W.W. Norton & Company,
1986. Pg. 53
In some way the late A.R. Ammons is a modern Transcendentalist, looking at
nature, observing carefully, and looking even deeper. It’s a good introduction to Ammons.
Babcock-Abrahams, Barbara. ed. The Reversal World: Symbolic Inversion in Art and
Society. Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell U. Press. 1978
Barnaby, Karin and D’Acierno, Pellegrino. C.G. Jung and the Humanities: Toward a
Hermeneutics of Culture/ edited by Karin Barnaby and Pellegrino D’Acierno.
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990
This volume is the first comprehensive attempt to assess Jung's far-reaching cultural impact.
The distinguished contributors represent a number of views, from traditional Jungian to the
most contemporary post-Jungian stances, including feminist, non-Jungian, and anti-Jungian
positions. The contributors to the volume were among the participants in a major international
conference sponsored by Hofstra University and the C. G. Jung Foundation of New York, held
in 1986 at Hofstra University. They include Thomas Belmonte, Robert Bly, and Joseph Campbell.
Belmonte, Thomas. “Trickster and the Sacred Clown: Revealing the Logic of the
Unspeakable. In Barnaby and d’Acierno 1990: 45-66
The late Thomas Belmonte was associate professor of anthropology at Hofstra
University. He taught courses in anthropology, literature at Columbia, Sarah
Lawrence College and the New School for Social Research. He is the author of
The Broken Fountain.
Berger, Arthur, Asa. Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual Communication.
Mountain View, CA.: Mayfield Publishing. 1998
Berger uses semiological and psychological concepts to help us understand how
our minds process images and how we find meaning in visual phenomena
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of
Fairy Tales. New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1976
The great child psychologist gives us a moving revelation of the enormous and
irreplaceable value of fairy tales - how they educate, support and liberate the emotions of children.
Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers. New York, N.Y.: Anchor
Books- Doubleday. 1988 pg. 73
Edinger, Edward F. Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of
the Psyche. Boston, MA. Shambhala Publications Inc. 1972
A study of the journey to psychological wholeness—a process that Jung
described as a conscious encounter between the ego and the archetypal
symbols of the collective unconscious. For contemporary people, Edinger
asserts, this encounter is equivalent to the discovery of God—and a critically
important experience for everyone.
Erdos, Richard and Ortiz Alfonso. American Indian Trickster Tales. / edited by
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Putnum Inc. 1998
The authors have combined their talents as eminent anthropologist and master
storyteller/artist to produce a rich and ribald sequel featuring the myriad tricksters
of Southwestern and other Native American oral traditions.
Freidel David, Schele, Linda, Parker Joy. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years On the
Shaman's Path. New York, N.Y. Quill-William Morrow 1993 pg. 33
Hyde, Lewis. Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art. New York, N.Y.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1998
Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of the human imagination as it
is embodied in trickster mythology. He revisits the old stories—Hermes in
Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in America, etc and then
Holds them up against the life and work of more recent creators: Picasso, John
Cage and Allen Ginsberg. This work ranks among the great works of modern
cultural criticism.
Hynes, William J. and Doty, William J. Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours,
and Criticisms / edited by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty. Tuscaloosa,
Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 1993
This collection of scholarly essays examines the diverse manifestations and uses
of the trickster phenomenon across a wide range of cultures. Through exploring
the complex structures of trickster myths, a variety of tricksters--from the coyote
of the American Southwest to the Greek Hermes.
Pelton, Robert D. The Trickster in West Africa: A study of Mythic Irony and Sacred
Delight. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1980
Pelton claims that the problem revealed in the trickster, by the trickster, is one of
language, of words and images with which our perception of reality is shaped.
Piper, Edward. Outline of a Ludic Hermeneutic: The Trickster Paradigm, Paper at
American Academy of Religion, New Orleans. 1978
Radin, Paul. The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology. New York, N.Y.
Shoken Books. 1956
Paul Radin’s seminal work is the first anthropological and psychological analysis
of the Trickster. The Winnebago Trickster Myth Cycle, contained in this work has
significant notions about the Trickster, as challenger of social norms and revealer
of faulty assumptions. Considered a good introduction for students studying
Native American Trickster Mythology.
Singer, June. Boundaries of the Soul: The Practice of Jung Psychology.
New York, N.Y. Anchor/Doubleday. 1972
Boundaries Of The Soul has become recognized as the classic introduction to Jung
and the practice of Jung's psychology. The book has been described as "the
clearest and most coherent exposition of Jung's. After 13 printings, this classic is
completely revised to incorporate developments over the last two decades--
particularly in the areas of gender relations, psychotherapeutic drugs, and the
evolution of Jung's concept and personality types.
Smith, Michael C. Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue: Retrieving the Soul/ Retrieving
the Sacred. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press. 1997
Smith explores the affinities and distinctions between shamanism and Jungian
psychology by bringing them together in dialogue. According to Smith,
shamanism is considered to be a complex of practices of magico-religious
character and psychosomatic healing. Makes an excellent resource for anyone
interested in tapping into psycho-spiritual wisdom.
Spinks, C.W. Trickster and Ambivalence: The Dance of Differentiation/ Edited
by C.W. Spinks. Madison, WI. : Atwood Publishing. 2001
In this text, the emphasis is on the dual nature of the Trickster — the good/bad,
light/dark, playful/malevolent dualities that the Trickster represents. All this is
seen through the lens of semiotics, seeking to examine the meaning of the
Trickster in our lives.
