Building the Cathedral: Answering the Meaning Crisis through Personal Myth

The modern world is in turmoil. The decline of the old religious myths has generated profound psychological instability for many people, with nothing yet to take their place. The resulting "meaning crisis" lies at the heart of so much of our cultural tumult, and will continue to unravel society until we find a way to affectively reintegrate a sense of mythic meaning and common purpose back into our lives. Personal myth offers us a constructive way forward. Since Carl Jung first explored the idea in the mid-20th century, numerous psychologists and comparative mythologists have advanced the concept in fruitful ways. This book attempts to develop it even further-to show how the process of personal mythmaking can not only return a sense of meaning to our individual lives but also form the basis of genuinely edifying spiritual community. The task of reimagining the sacred calls each of us to do our part-a project every bit as bold as the building of the great cathedrals. What will you build with your life?

Author: Brendan Graham Dempsey, Sadie Alwyn Moon
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 03/26/2021
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9798728831211
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Personality

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