Personal Journey and Mythology

Search for Meaning Seminar

Reading List for the
Search for Meaning Seminar

presented by

The Center for Story and Symbol

Selected list - from the reading list prepared for the Search for Meaning seminar. You can click on the title to order a new copy of most books, or follow the used copies link to see if used copies of the title are available.

Clinical Applications

Frankl, Viktor E. (1969) The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy. New York: New American Library
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Hannah, Barbara (2000) The Inner Journey: Lectures and Essays on Jungian Psychology. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Hillman, James (1989) Blue Fire. New York: Harper & Row
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Hollis, James (1993) The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Hollis, James (1996) Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Jung, Emma and von Franz, Marie-Louise (1970) The Grail Legend. Princeton: Princeton University Press
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Kise, Jane A.G, and Hirsh Sandra Krebs (1998) Soultypes: Finding the Spiritual Path That Is Right for You. New York Introduction by Katherine D. Myers
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May, Rollo (1991) The Cry for Myth. New York: Norton
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Taylor, Jeremy (1998) The Living Labyrinth: Exploring Universal Themes in Myths, Dreams, and the Symbolism of Waking Life. New York: Paulist Press
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Whitmont, Edward C. (1969) The Symbolic Quest. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
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Theory and Reference Works

Fowler, James W. (1995) Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco
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Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1981) Puer Aeternus. Sigo Press
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Zimmer, Heinrich R. (1993) The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil. (Joseph Campbell, ed.) Princeton, NJ: Princeton
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Personal Applications

Aron, Elaine N. (1996) The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive when the World Overwhelms You. New York: Broadway Books
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Arrien, Angeles (1993) The Four-Fold Way. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Bolen, Jean Shinoda (1996) Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning. New York: Simon & Schuster
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Bond, D. Stephenson (1993) Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life. Boston: Shambhala
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Brewi, Janice and Brennan, Anne (1988) Mid-Life Spirituality and Jungian Archetypes. York Beach, ME: Nicolas-Hays
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Chinen, Allan B. (1989) Once upon a Midlife: Classic Stories and Mythic Tales to Illuminate the Middle Years. Wilmette, IL: Chiron
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1997) Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. New York: HarperCollins
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DeSalvo, Louise (1999) Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Frankl, Viktor E. (1976) Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy. New York: Pocket Books
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Johnson, Robert A. (1986) Inner Work. New York: HarperCollins
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Johnson, Robert A. (1987) Ecstasy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Johnson, Robert A. (1991) Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Kast, Verena (1991) Joy, Inspiration, and Hope. New York: Fromm International
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Keen, Sam and Valley-Fox, Anne (1973) Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life through Writing and Storytelling. New York: Tarcher/Putnam
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Larsen, Stephen (1976) The Shaman’s Doorway: Opening Imagination to Power and Myth. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions
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Larsen, Stephen (1990) The Mythic Imagination: The Quest for Meaning through Personal Mythology. Manchester, VT: Inner Traditions International
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Levoy, Gregg (1997) Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life. N.Y.: Three Rivers Press
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Metzger, Deena (1992) Writing for Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds. New York: HarperSanFrancisco
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Moore, Thomas (1992) Care of the Soul: How to Add Depth and Meaning to Your Everyday Life. New York: HarperCollins
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Muller, Wayne (1997) How, Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell
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Pearson, Carol S. (1991) Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World. New York: HarperSanFransisco
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Stone, Richard (1996) The Healing Art of Storytelling: A Sacred Journey of Personal Discovery. New York: Hyperion
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Woodman, Marion (1988) Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation. Toronto: Inner City Books
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Woodman, Marion and Mellick, Jill (1998) Coming Home to Myself; Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body & Soul. Berkeley: Conari
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Young, Jonathan (1996) Saga - Best New Writings on Mythology Vol. 1. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press
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Young, Jonathan (2000) Saga - Best New Writings on Mythology Vol. 2. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press
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Zweig, Connie and Abrams, Jeremiah (1991) Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher
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Workshop Information

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