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It explores the function of personal myth, the dynamics of core complexes, and the meaning of an examined life, while addressing narratives, necessary fictions, and the limits of spiritual authority. The book then turns to attitudes and practices for the second half of life, including fate, redemption, crisis, shadow work, and relationships, and culminates in a grounded stance of being here supported by gratitude and inquiry.","# Creating a Life\n\nFinding YourIndividual Path  \nJAMES HOLLIS  \nAuthor of The Middle Passage:From Misery to Meaning in Midlife  \nCreating a Life  \nMarie-Louise von Franz,Honorary Patron  \nStudies in Jungian Psychologyby Jungian Analysts  \nDaryl Sharp,General Editor  \n## Creating a LifeFinding Your Individual Path\n\nJAMES HOLLIS  \nTo Jill and to our children Taryn and Tim,Jonah and Seah,and to our grandchildrenRachel Erin,Nicholas James,and Benjamin Ryan...and to the memory of our be-loved Ilhasa,\"Shadrach,\"semper fidelis.  \nI want to thank Daryl Sharp and Vicki Cowan of Inner City Books,who havehelped me produce six children of another kind  \nI wish also to thank all my friends and colleagues at the C.G.Jung EducationalCenter of Houston,Texas,where creating a life is our daily work.  \nCanadian Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nJames Hollis,1940-  \n## Creating a life:finding your individual path\n\n(Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts;92)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-919123-93-7  \n1.Self-perception.  \n2.Developmental psychology.  \n3.Jungian psychology.  \nI.Title.II.Series.  \nBF724.85.S43H642001155.2 C00-931989-1  \nCopyright ◎2001 by James Hollis.All rights reserved.  \nINNER CITY BOOKSBox 1271,Station Q,Toronto,ON M4T 2P4,Canada  \nTelephone(416)927-0355/FAX(416)924-1814  \nWeb site:www.innercitybooks.net/E-mail:admin@innercitybooks.net  \nHonorary Patron:Marie-Louise von Franz.  \nPublisher and General Editor:Daryl Sharp.  \nSenior Editor:Victoria Cowan.  \nINNER CITY BOOKS was founded in 1980 to promote theunderstanding and practical application of the work of C.G.Jung.  \nCover:\"Dance of Life,\"monoprint by Vicki Cowan.  \nPrinted and bound in Canada by University of Toronto PressIncorporated  \nCONTENTS  \nPart One:The Context,Which Is the Problem,Partly...7  \n1 Creating a Life:The Necessity of Personal Myth 9  \n2 The Core Complexes 20  \n3 The Examined Life 27  \n4 People's Stories 34  \n5 Necessary Fictions 44  \n6 The Problem of Spiritual Authority 54  \nPart Two:Attitudes and Practices for the Second Half of Life 63  \n7 Amor Fati,the Love of One's Fate 65  \n8 Redeeming Ancestors 71  \n9 Crisis 76  \n10 The Inescapable Condition 78  \n11 Mentors,Teachers,Gurus and Sages 84  \n12 The Necessary Mess of Things 89  \n13 The End of Ambition 92  \n14 Being Small,Being Large 96  \n15 Getting Over It...98  \n16 Attending the Soul 100  \n17 Fundamentalist Morality 104  \n18 What Is Real Beneath Reality?108  \n19 What Is Our True Duty?113  \n20 The Camp of Concentrated Shadow Work 119  \n21 Sad Stories of the Death of Kings 123  \n22 Today Nothing Happened 127  \n6 Contents  \n23 Reading the World 128  \n24 The Complexity of Relationships 133  \n25 The Laughter of the Gods 138  \n26 Finding the Blue Light 140  \nPart Three:Being Here 145  \n27 Gratitude 147  \n28 So,Where Are We,Then?150  \nBibliography 152  \nIndex 155  \nSee final page for descriptions of other Inner City Books  \nPART ONE  \n## The Context,Which Is the Problem,Partly...","cbCairN9Dk22D8dt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairN9Dk22D8dt","pdf",8362480,6,1,164,"English","en",105,"# Part One: The Context, Which Is the Problem, Partly...\n## 1 Creating a Life: The Necessity of Personal Myth\n## 2 The Core Complexes\n## 3 The Examined Life\n## 4 People's Stories\n## 5 Necessary Fictions\n## 6 The Problem of Spiritual Authority\n# Part Two: Attitudes and Practices for the Second Half of Life\n## 7 Amor Fati, the Love of One's Fate\n## 8 Redeeming Ancestors\n## 9 Crisis\n## 10 The Inescapable Condition\n## 11 Mentors, Teachers, Gurus and Sages\n## 12 The Necessary Mess of Things\n## 13 The End of Ambition\n## 14 Being Small, Being Large\n## 15 Getting Over It...\n## 16 Attending the Soul\n## 17 Fundamentalist Morality\n## 18 What Is Real Beneath Reality?\n## 19 What Is Our True Duty?\n## 20 The Camp of Concentrated Shadow Work\n## 21 Sad Stories of the Death of Kings\n## 22 Today Nothing Happened\n## 23 Reading the World\n## 24 The Complexity of Relationships\n## 25 The Laughter of the Gods\n## 26 Finding the Blue Light\n# Part Three: Being Here\n## 27 Gratitude\n## 28 So, Where Are We, Then?\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What does the book mean by “personal myth” and why is it necessary?\",\"answer\":\"The book frames personal myth as a psychological necessity that shapes how a person interprets life. 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