| Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life Contributor(s): Bond, D. Stephenson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570626847 ISBN-13: 9781570626845 Publisher: Shambhala OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: "Living 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," D. Stephenson Bond reflects on the psychology of mythic imagination, as a force in both culture and individual life. He argues that meaning is experienced subjectively through the stirring of imagination and fantasy in the individual, which touches the larger impersonal, archetypal patterns. The book offers hopeful insights into the possibilities of cultural renewal and individual meaning through the restoration of the imagination. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Personal Growth - General - Psychology | Movements - Jungian - Self-help | Creativity |
| Dewey: 155.25 |
| LCCN: 92056451 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6" W x 9.03" (0.86 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Living 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, D. Stephenson Bond reflects on the psychology of mythic imagination, as a force in both culture and individual life. He argues that meaning is experienced subjectively through the stirring of imagination and fantasy in the individual, which touches the larger impersonal, archetypal patterns. The book offers hopeful insights into the possibilities of cultural renewal and individual meaning through the restoration of the imagination. |