Myths are humanity's topography, genealogy, and history. They provide symbols that help us live; their characters and deeds tell us what is successful and what fails, and under which conditions. In Mythanalysis, mythographer and psychologist Pierre Solie pays particular attention to two myths about the Great Mother -- those pertaining to the Babylonian goddess Tiamat and the Egyptian goddess Isis. He analyzes these myths using several developmental diagrams and proposes the idea of chiasma -- which means cross -- to account for the crossovers where psychological changes take place. Numerous clinical cases are also presented that support the use of myth in therapy. Mythanalysis is a brilliant contribution to the science of human nature. Table of Contents Part One Mythanalysis Defined Laura's Case, or the Return to the Land of Egypt Myths About Life, Sex, and Death: The Myth of Isis and Osiris Dialectical Models: Cannibalism and Agape The Babylonian Myth of Marduk and Tiamat Laura's Return Part Two Mythanalysis Applied Nocturnal Dreaming: Manifestation of Objective Psychic Reality and Witness to Its Transformation The Psychotherapist as Sacred Prostitute of Nighttime and Daytime Dreams Geo-History: Political, Imaginary, and Therapeutic Therapeutic Literature A Return to Myth