Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self - Using Ritual, Dreams, and Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story

by David Feinstein

Discusses the nature of personal myths, and argues that it is important to have a sense of one's origins and place in the world

Genres: Psychology, Mythology, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Religion, Inspirational, Philosophy

292 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

About the author

http://innersource.net/em/about/david...

Reviews

[Tucker Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is what I've been looking for all my life and now I'm going to write my story.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up because Stanley Krippner's a friend. But the book's perspective is more labyrinthine than appeals to me. Thus didn't have patience with it and didn't want to finish it. But that's only about me and what I need. Others will enjoy the book, and Stanley's one of the most brilliant researchers and scholars to ever inhabit a body.

[Sinem Eylem · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are into digging your soul deep and understand your own behaviour and how to fix them, this book provides a great framework where you not only gain self-understanding, but internalize that understanding thru practices. If you’re into energy psychology, you will enjoy this book and its practices.

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this book in a class a couple of years ago. While I can't recall every word I can say the concepts in the book changed the way I see life and hardly a day goes by I don't think or refer to my personal mythology or that of someone around me.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Personal Mythology: The Psychology of Your Evolving Self - Using Ritual, Dreams, and Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story (Paperback)
by David Feinstein

[Louis]

I am typically not drawn to self-help books, and this is a self-help book. Yet, there is a good deal of good information in this book and, as self-help books go, it is good. It is one of the few self-help books I would consider suggesting to clients in certain circumstances.

One of the more interesting ideas is concerning the evolution of consciousness. The authors propose that consciousness is getting more influential and more personal (or individual). The external limitations and impositions are becoming more balanced with the power of personal consciousness. It seems the authors would connect this with other ideas of evolution, seeing this as a significant change in the development of what it means to be human.

In the end, a pretty good book.