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u/theredknight · 7 pointsr/mythology

It depends on what you're drawn to. Are you more interested in interpretation of story for your own personal growth? Or interpretation of films? Or are you looking to create stories?

The best books I know on this subject at least on interpretive myth include:

  • Women who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (sure it's about women's stories which can dissuade some younger men learning about this subject but it's seriously one of the best books on how to interpret a myth out there)
  • The Hero Within by Carol S. Pearson. This is more if you're trying to find your own personal mythology for instance.
  • The Water of Life by Michael Meade is tremendous. He does amazing events around the United States and gives good performances as well as talks and storytelling online via his non-profit Mosaic Voices.
  • To learn more about interpretation and ways to interact with your unconscious, I'd recommend many of Robert A. Johnson's books specifically Inner Work however Transformations of Masculine Consciousness, He, She, We and Living with the Heavenly Goddess are good too depending on what topic you're interested in.
  • For storytelling, I'd recommend the book Healing Hearts Communities which consists of a collection of stories which are appropriate to use for a variety of modern requirements. So you have stories talking about addiction or violence etc.

    In my experience, after Campbell people usually begin to drift toward what their personal myths are. So you have some people who get really into film and get caught on Vogler or Bonnet's work, others who want to go help returning veterans and end up getting really into Odysseus in America. Or people begin focusing on different cultures and religions and move from there.
u/thebourbondialogues · 5 pointsr/Jung

Yeah fam I got you.

Book:
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062504312/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_n9JODbDYYQEJR

Site:
http://www.bodysoulandspirit.net/hypnagogia/what/hannah.shtml

I prefer the book to the site, but the site is pretty decent.

Active imagination is something that for the first X amount of times that you do it, it feels like nothing is happening or that you’re doing it wrong. But just be consist at it and do it for like 10 minutes before bed and eventually you’ll get it and you’ll go “woah”

u/higherstate · 3 pointsr/LucidDreaming

A wildly-stoned guess, but maybe your conscious mind isn't communicating with your unconscious mind as well as it did as a child.

Children have more active imaginations than adults, and possibly something that was going on in your life caused this psychological function to "stunt" and peaked out through the symbolism of the exploding, dark figure and the black mass with tentacles that fed on your fear.

The free flow of through the valve of communication between your conscious and unconscious minds when dreaming lucidly might've been shut enough to deny such a flow between the two.

As for getting it back, trying practicing healthy dream-interpretation. This book is great.... http://www.amazon.com/Inner-Work-Dreams-Imagination-Personal/dp/0062504312

u/sograw12 · 2 pointsr/Jung

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth - Robert A. Johnson

Johnson gives very clarified and flexible steps to be used in analyzing dreams along with how to use active imagination. This is the most structured and easily understandable reading for analyzing dreams and active imagination I have found.

u/RadOwl · 1 pointr/Dreams

Sure. I recommend this book by Robert Johnson as a great place to start. You can also check out my book about dreams and dream work. The first three chapters are available on Scribd. Look under "Links about Dreams" and click on the "Read the free sample" link on the right sidebar of this page.

If you'd like more recommendations or have a specific subtopic about dreams you'd like to investigate, leave a comment and I'll come back around tonight. Hope that helps!

u/ontheroadtofindout · 1 pointr/Jung

If you want a great foundation re: how to 'approach it from a good angle', try Richard A. Johnsons' book, Inner Work.

u/arkticturtle · 1 pointr/Jung

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth is apparently good. I haven't read it yet but I've been recommended it many times.

u/lucius_p3 · 1 pointr/Dreams

This book helped me out a ton: Inner Work - Robert Johnson

I too am a super heavy dreamer (I wake wanting to go back into my dreams) and the analysis that I get from my dreams after reading this book is outstanding.

u/lolita_toilet · 1 pointr/bookexchange

I have Inner Work and Search for the Real Self from my psychotherapy class. Would you be interested in those?