RE-MEMBERING FRANKENSTEIN

Every man has an unconscious that contains aspirations and libido. The most dangerous are capable of evil and injury. Dr. Ellis identifies the literary Frankenstein monster as a quintessential image for this troubling monster potential in every man. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" also provides character images for all the major psychological complexes that plague the typical man including their father and mother complexes, their inferior function, their inner child, and especially the inner feminine, the anima. "Re-Membering Frankenstein" takes the reader through an analytical friendship with Victor Frankenstein. The protagonist's saga allows the reader to decode the issues that typically consume hours of couch time for the struggling man. Several hours invested in "Re-Membering Frankenstein" and reflecting on the consciousness questions will accelerate a man's transformation and therapeutic healing of his soul. For women this book is a decoder ring for many of the frightening and confusing behaviors of men including outbursts of rage, moodiness, macho bravado, cowering to their fathers, and belittling women.

Dr. Ellis is a retired physician who at mid-life benefited from depth analysis and subsequently has spent twenty-years studying psychology.He is a past president of the Central Indiana Friends of Jung and presented workshops on masculine psychology, the father archetype, collective dreams, and monster metaphors, particularly vampires. "Re-Membering Frankenstein" derives from his childhood fears and adult shadow. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his attorney wife and two dogs and is a produced playwright and novelist outside his psychology endeavors.