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Living myth : personal meaning as a way of life / D. Stephenson Bond.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Shambhala Publications, 1993Edition: 1st. edDescription: xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0877738610 (pbk. : acidfree paper) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2/5 20
LOC classification:
  • BF175.5.M95 B66 1993
Contents:
1 The touch of myth. 2 The twilight of the gods. 3 The personal myth. 4 Symbols: windows on the soul. 5 Play: where two worlds touch. 6 Mythic personalities. 7 Myth and psychotherapy. Apppendixes. 1 The function of myth. 2 The life cycle of a myth
Summary: '...explores the dilemma of how to live life creatively at a time when the dominant myths of our culture are losing their power to give meaning to our lives. Using C.G. Jung's idea of discovering a "personal myth," [the author] reflects on the psychology of mythic imagination, as a force in both culture and individual life....'
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.

1 The touch of myth. 2 The twilight of the gods. 3 The personal myth. 4 Symbols: windows on the soul. 5 Play: where two worlds touch. 6 Mythic personalities. 7 Myth and psychotherapy. Apppendixes. 1 The function of myth. 2 The life cycle of a myth

'...explores the dilemma of how to live life creatively at a time when the dominant myths of our culture are losing their power to give meaning to our lives. Using C.G. Jung's idea of discovering a "personal myth," [the author] reflects on the psychology of mythic imagination, as a force in both culture and individual life....'

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