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Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
Your Mythic Journey Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:Sam Keen Abridged: 2 Cassette Tapes, Running Time:120 mins. — Narrator: Anne Valley Fox — A guide to self-discovery through crafting the stories that make up one's personal mythology. This is an abridged audio book version of some of the material that Sam Keen developed in workshops on personal mythology that he conducted for many years with Joseph Campbe... more »ll. Contains a short set of readings around a philosophical theme, a set of questions and suggestions for writing, and some samples of other people's writing on these topics, all supplemented by quotations by well-known authors, especially Joseph Campbell. The material is organized chronologically, starting with the present, then looking back into the past, forward into the future, and out into "cosmic time." This material may be used either for personal exploration, or as a guide for a writing group. Some may find it quite useful for exploring the experiences that have played a large role in shaping the emotional aspects of their lives. One piece of advice the authors share is, "The past is open to revision because memory is a function of present intention. History is always constructed to prove some point." Thus, the approach is not only to help individuals develop their stories, but to become aware of why these stories have the personal import that they do.« less