Thresholds of Creativity

In this episode:
We look at the mythic background of the creative life to discover both its challenges and its rewards.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychology and Literature from 'Collected Works, vol. 15'  by C.G. Jung
2. Episode 13: Why Do We Need a Symbolic Life?
3. 'The Hero With A Thousand Faces' by Joseph Campbell
4. 'The War of Art' by Steven Pressfield
5. 'Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life' by D. Stephenson Bond
6. 'Creation Myths' by Marie-Louise von Franz
7. 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking' by Susan Cain
8. The Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
9. Neighbors, poem by David Wagoner
10. 'Upstream' by Mary Oliver
11. Analytical Psychology and Poetry from 'Collected Works, vol. 15'  by C.G. Jung
12. 'The Heart Aroused' by David Whyte

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