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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part I: SOUL IN THE STONE.- Chapter 1.- Artificial Intelligence as the Magical Other.- Chapter 2.- Mythical AI: The Long Relationship with AI Through Myth and Alchemy.- Chapter 3.- Artificial Intelligences: Animism & AI.- Chapter 4.- “Hey Alexa, Narcissus Here”: Myth & Human Relationships with Female-Voiced AI Assistants.- Chapter 5.- Intelligence with a Thousand Faces: Joseph Campbell, A.I., & C-3PO.- Part II: MACHINE & PSYCHE.- Chapter 6.- Artificial Intelligence at the Somatic Precipice.- Chapter 7.- The Art in Artificial: An Imaginal Approach to AI.- Chapter 8.- The Poetry of Death: An Exploration of Our Relationship with Synthetic Intelligence Through Symbolic Meaning.- Chapter 9.- The Desire for Immortality: The Intersect of Artificial Intelligence & the Human Psyche.- Chapter 10.- Deadbots & the Algorithmic Unconscious: A Qualitative Analysis.- Chapter 11.- Real Life, Simulation, & the Slide Toward Artificial Intelligence.- Part III: THE ROAD AHEAD.- Chapter 12.- Cybernetics, AI, & the Mechanization of Human Thought.- Chapter 13.- The Soul is Nothing Technological: Out-of-Body Experiences & Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 14.- The “Web Browser” of the Collective Unconscious: The Mirror & Oracle of Generative AI.- Chapter 15.- The Magic Mirror: Projection & Imagination in Human-AI Relationships.