Sacred stories

by Charles H. Simpkinson

Paperback, 1993

Publication

Imprint: San Francisco, Calif. : Harper San Francisco, c1993. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Edited by Charles H. and Anne Simpkinson. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.

Call number

Psy / Simpk

Barcode

BK-03639

ISBN

0062508520 / 9780062508522

CSS Library Notes

Description: This is an eclectic assortment of stories by popular authors, storytellers, psychologists and spiritual teachers.

Table of Contents: Sacred stories and our relationship to the divine / James R. Price III and Charles H. Simpkinson --
Our mythic stories / Sam Keen --
Composing a life / Mary Catherine Bateson --
Science a story / F. David Peat --
Dream as story / Edith Sullwold --
Story as medicine / Clarissa Pinkola Estés --
The sacred does not shun the ordinary / Gioia Timpanelli --
Story food for women and for men / Robert Bly --
Fairy tales and the psychology of men and women at mid-life / Allen B. Chinen --
The story the child keeps / Richard Lewis --
Living our stories: Discovering and replacing limiting family myths / Nancy J. Napier --
Drug rehabilitation through storytelling / John L. Johnson --
Letting pictures tell their stories / Shaun McNiff --
Drawing your own story / Meinrad Craighead --
The zen koan: Lancet of self-inquiry. / John Daido Loori --
Our stories, cosmic stories, and the biblical story / Walter Wink --
Exploring your personal myth / James P. Carse --
Telling our stories of God: The contributions of a psychoanalytic perspective / John McDargh --
Stories that need telling today / Matthew Fox --
The wisdom of ancient healers / Richard Katz --
The story of the earth and us / Al Gore --
Human family / Maya Angelou.

FY1994 /

Physical description

viii, 273 p.; 24 cm

Description

This anthology brings together the storytelling wisdom of a wide range of authors - Robert Bly, Mary Catherine Bateson, Sam Keen and Maya Angelou along with a host of spiritual, Jungian and political luminaries including Matthew Fox and Charlene Spretnak. Here is a renaissance in storytelling that reflects the many cultural changes and concerns of contemporary life.

Language

Original language

English

Rating

½ (2 ratings; 4.5)
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