{"product_id":"the-spiritual-consciousness-of-carmen-martin-gaite-9781855663886","title":"The Spiritual Consciousness of Carmen Martín Gaite","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of Spanish writer Carmen Martín Gaite's religious outlook through the inner journeys of five female characters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Martín Gaite, a truly religious, or spiritual, perspective requires conscious attention to the products of the unconscious (dreams, images, memories, premonitions), followed by reflection and action, as well as a similar attentiveness and responsiveness to external events both large and small. This reconnection of the supernatural and day-to-day worlds also involves descent to the unconscious - the way to wholeness - as depicted in so many myths and fairy tales, including those which Martín Gaite used to retell or enhance the works analysed in this book: \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmor and Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemeter and Persephone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ethe Descent of the Goddess Inanna\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking at the extent to which these female characters attend to, reflect on, and respond to their dreams, images, memories and events, the analysis suggests that Martín Gaite uses her stories to try to communicate both the road to her own enlightenment and warnings about paths that lead away from this.","brand":"Anne-Marie Storrs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280222400763,"sku":"9781855663886","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781855663886.jpg?v=1772487817","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-spiritual-consciousness-of-carmen-martin-gaite-9781855663886","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}