title: Personal Mythology: Using Ritual, Dreams, and Imagination to Discover Your Inner Story
author: David Feinstein Ph.D.
description: David Feinstein, Ph.D., is a psychologist formerly on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He travels widely, teaching leading-edge principles of personal change.Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Saybrook Institute in San Francisco. He has served as president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and the Association for the Study of Dreams.
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  AWAKENING
  
  HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS
  
  “I was very touched by the weaving together of science and myth in _Awakening
  Higher Consciousness_. Here are two scientists who dare to be fascinated by
  the power of myth and who bring us along on their voyage of discovery. An
  enthralling read!”
  
  PATTY DE LLOSA, AUTHOR OF _THE PRACTICE OF PRESENCE_ AND
  
  
    
  
  
  CONTRIBUTING EDITOR FOR _PARABOLA MAGAZINE_
  
  “A deep exploration of the psychological and spiritual meaning of ancient Near
  Eastern myths, with the aim of highlighting their relevance to the inner work
  of ‘self-development.’”
  
  JEREMY NAYDLER, AUTHOR OF _  
  
  
  SHAMANIC WISDOM IN THE PYRAMID
  
  
  TEXTS,  
  
  
  TEMPLE OF THE COSMOS_, AND _THE FUTURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD_
  
  “A valuable contribution to the growing body of work that overturns the still
  prevalent conceit that ancient mythology was the product of primitive minds.”
  
  JOHN ANTHONY WEST, AUTHOR OF _SERPENT IN THE SKY_
  
  “Dickie and Boudre