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BOOK DEVIL REVIEW: I've never been one to find fascination with the royal family. I just never understood the grip they have on fans, particularly this side of the Atlantic. However, in no way could I miss out on examining Jane Goldberg's and Lochlainn Seabrook's Princess Diana, Modern Day Moon-Goddess: A Psychoanalytical and mythological look at Diane Spencer's Life, Marriage and Death. Though some could fairly argue that the archetypal and mythological applications this book makes to Diana's life are either vague and easy, or else forced, I still say this is interesting and insightful and has something real to say. At least I learned something. I now have a better grasp on the thrall in which Diana fans are held. Diana and the royal family at large inhabit a sort of modern mythology, a secular mythology, with roots in Freudian and Jungian subconscious psychology, but also with roots in ancient pagan proto-religions. Goldberg and Seabrook dive through one of Seabrook's favorite topics - the matriarchal foundations of man's religions and the suppression of the Moon-Goddess in favor of the patriarchal Sun-God (later Son -God, another of Seabrook's favored subjects) - and in the process they apply these concepts to Diana and Charles, their marriage, divorce, etc. The authors even point out some compelling synchronicities in Diana's death. It's a short book - I blazed through it in less than a day's time - but the blazing was also fueled by the interest factor of this unique material. Some will balk, others will embrace it wholly. In any case, this a surprising and captivating, not to mention creatively imaginative (in a positive, mythic fashion), work of academic literature. It's worth a peek even if you, like me, are not a British royalty aficionado, but have an interest in mythology at large, as well as in psychology, particularly of the Jungian variety. That last bit is where psychology and mythology can really be seen to dovetail, as more fully expounded by the brilliant Joseph Campbell, whose thoughts on this book I'd love to have had. - KRISTOFER UPJOHN.

BOOK DEVIL REVIEW: I've never been one to find fascination with the royal family. I just never understood the grip they have on fans, particularly this side of the Atlantic. However, in no way could I miss out on examining Jane Goldberg's and Lochlainn Seabrook's Princess Diana, Modern Day Moon-Goddess: A Psychoanalytical and mythological look at Diane Spencer's Life, Marriage and Death. Though some could fairly argue that the archetypal and mythological applications this book makes to Diana's life are either vague and easy, or else forced, I still say this is interesting and insightful and has something real to say. At least I learned something. I now have a better grasp on the thrall in which Diana fans are held. Diana and the royal family at large inhabit a sort of modern mythology, a secular mythology, with roots in Freudian and Jungian subconscious psychology, but also with roots in ancient pagan proto-religions. Goldberg and Seabrook dive through one of Seabrook's favorite topics - the matriarchal foundations of man's religions and the suppression of the Moon-Goddess in favor of the patriarchal Sun-God (later ""Son""-God, another of Seabrook's favored subjects) - and in the process they apply these concepts to Diana and Charles, their marriage, divorce, etc. The authors even point out some compelling synchronicities in Diana's death. It's a short book - I blazed through it in less than a day's time - but the blazing was also fueled by the interest factor of this unique material. Some will balk, others will embrace it wholly. In any case, this a surprising and captivating, not to mention creatively imaginative (in a positive, mythic fashion), work of academic literature. It's worth a peek even if you, like me, are not a British royalty aficionado, but have an interest in mythology at large, as well as in psychology, particularly of the Jungian variety. That last bit is where psychology and mythology can really be seen to dovetail, as more fully expounded by the brilliant Joseph Campbell, whose thoughts on this book I'd love to have had. - KRISTOFER UPJOHN.

BOOK DEVIL REVIEW: I've never been one to find fascination with the royal family. I just never understood the grip they have on fans, particularly this side of the Atlantic. However, in no way could I miss out on examining Jane Goldberg's and Lochlainn Seabrook's psychoanalytical and mythological look at Diane Spencer's Life, Marriage and Death. Though some could fairly argue that the archetypal and mythological applications this book makes to Diana's life are either vague and easy, or else forced, I still say this is interesting and insightful and has something real to say. At least I learned something. I now have a better grasp on the thrall in which Diana fans are held. Diana and the royal family at large inhabit a sort of modern mythology, a secular mythology, with roots in Freudian and Jungian subconscious psychology, but also with roots in ancient pagan proto-religions. Goldberg and Seabrook dive through one of Seabrook's favorite topics - the matriarchal foundations of man's religions and the suppression of the Moon-Goddess in favor of the patriarchal Sun-God (later Son -God, another of Seabrook's favored subjects) - and in the process they apply these concepts to Diana and Charles, their marriage, divorce, etc. The authors even point out some compelling synchronicities in Diana's death. It's a short book - I blazed through it in less than a day's time - but the blazing was also fueled by the interest factor of this unique material. Some will balk, others will embrace it wholly. In any case, this a surprising and captivating, not to mention creatively imaginative (in a positive, mythic fashion), work of academic literature. It's worth a peek even if you, like me, are not a British royalty aficionado, but have an interest in mythology at large, as well as in psychology, particularly of the Jungian variety. That last bit is where psychology and mythology can really be seen to dovetail, as more fully expounded by the brilliant Joseph Campbell, whose thoughts on this book I'd love to have had. - KRISTOFER UPJOHN.

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Goldberg is a practicing psychoanalyst and recognized as a leading authority in the fields of psychological oncology and holistic health. She is the author of eight books, including the acclaimed ""The Dark Side of Love: The Positive Role of Negative Feelings."" BIOGRAPHY: Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook is a world acclaimed award-winning Civil War scholar, an unreconstructed Southern historian, and a seventh generation Kentuckian. The most prolific and popular living pro-South writer, he is a neo-Victorian author and editor of nearly 100 educational and enlightening books ranging from Confederate history, world slavery, and American politics, to biography, the paranormal, and religion. Known by critics as ""the new Shelby Foote"" and by his fans as ""the Voice of the Traditional South,"" he has introduced hundreds of thousands to the truth about the War for Southern Independence and the authentic teachings of Jesus. For more information or to purchase Colonel Seabrook's books, visit our Webstore: www.SeaRavenPress.com

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