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Ann Yeoman

Disciplines:
canada
jungian psychology
fiction/now or neverland
jungian psychology/puer

Summary

Canadian Jungian analyst who wrote Now or Neverland — a study of the puer aeternus (eternal youth) archetype — exploring the psychology of people who resist growing up, and its contemporary cultural expressions.

Core Contribution

Extends Von Franz's work on the puer aeternus (eternal boy) into contemporary contexts — analyzing the cultural celebration of perpetual youth, the fear of commitment, and the refusal of limitation as expressions of the puer archetype that requires the balance of the senex (old man).

Notable Works & Achievements

Now or Neverland

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung Von Franz

Intellectual Lineage

Canada

Contemporaries & Peers

Murray Stein

Minds Influenced

Jungian puer studiesJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Now or Neverland

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