Melancholy is that state of mind, where the soul waits between a spiritual dawn that never comes and a twilight that has no end... For most people, of course, melancholy is intertwined with depression. Since ancient times, however, it had been distinguished as the disease of philosophers, poets and, more generally, creative people. Why is this happening; Why should sadness be a cause of inner searching and existential questioning?
Psychologist and author George Ioannidis surveys the extremely rich history of melancholy - from the time of Empedocles and Plato to the symbols of Alchemy and from Mythology to the latest philosophers and Psychoanalysis - highlighting how the night of melancholy is not without light, as at its core, even in a latent state, there exists that archetypal dynamic, capable of turning mourning into an oestrus of life and self-awareness.
At the same time, other important issues are developed such as those of happiness, the meaning of life, the importance of forgiveness, as well as the role of Love in the realization of self-transcendence - from the Ego that suffers (and is unhappy) to the Self that actively participates in life (and fortunately).
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