Your Mythic Journey : Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling

by Keen, Sam

• ISBN13: 9780874775433
• ISBN10: 0874775434
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-09-01
• Publisher: TARCHER J P INC

Summary

We all tell stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. These personal myths in turn shape who we become and what we believe--as individuals, families, and nations. This book offers readers the tools to detect the story line in their own lives and to write and tell it to others, opening up a hidden world of self-discovery and meaning. The numerous accessible exercises are followed by examples of personal stories and inspiring quotes to stimulate the journey to the center of one's purpose. "By the art of fantasy and imagination, story and image, these authors map the ways personal stories deepen into transpersonal mythic journeys." --David Miller, Ph.D., Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Syracuse University

Author Biography

Sam Keen, a colleague of Joseph Campbell, is the author of twelve books, including Fire in the Belly, and is a contributing editor for Psychology Today Anne Valley-Fox is an educator, writer, and author

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Preface	p. xx
To Tell a Story	p. 1
The Key	p. 5
The Present: It's a Long Way to Here and Now	p. 7
The Public Self
The Private Self
The Unknown Self
Bodymind
Friendly Eyes or Deadly Watchers
Sex: What Is It We Really Want?
Time Frames: Where Is Now?
The Past: It's Still Happening	p. 35
Clan and Family
Tribes
The Geography of the Psyche
Morals, Manners, and Folk Tales
Relics and Talismans
Gifts and Wounds
Heroes and Villains
The Beloved Enemy
Punctuating Time: Rites of Passage
The Future: You Are What You Want	p. 74
Death: The Awful Certainty
The Art of Fantasy
Dreams
Suffering: Fate and Freedom
Planning to Be Human
Cosmic Time: Transcending Here and Now	p. 104
The Two-Faced World
Miracles, Magic, and Synchronicity
Paradise: Lost and Found
Good and Evil-and Beyond
Flying In and Out of Time
The End and the Beginning	p. 128
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