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Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth

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Author: Robert A. Johnson
Publisher: HarperOne
Category: Book

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ISBN: 0062504312
Dewey Decimal Number: 154.63
EAN: 9780062504319
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Publication Date: May 10, 1989
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Noted author and Jungian analyst Robert Johnson shows how working with our dreams and active imagination can integrate our conscious and unconscious selves, leading us to wholeness and a more satisfying life.

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Highly Recommended for Anyone New to Jung or Dream Work! August 10, 2009
W.W. (Detroit, sucka.)
A wonderful first step not only into Active Imagination but Jungian dream interpretation as well. Those who wrestle with Jung's intuitive writing will find great relief in Johnson's practical methodologies and clear, concise language. His goal, always, is to demonstrate how the compensatory and complimentary messages of the unconscious apply directly to "real" (waking) life. The section on inflation and the power of the archetype alone makes it invaluable.

5 out of 5 stars

definitive work on dream tending April 7, 2009
Paul Gubany (St. Louis, MO USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Quotes from the book:
"The conscious mind is but a cork bobbing on the sea of the unconscious mind."
"It is through dreams that the unconscious mind speaks to the conscious mind."

If those quotes hit you hard, then this book is most definitely for you.

"Inner Work" is by far the best do-it-yourself dream analysis book extant. No image dictionaries, no rules that apply to all situations, no guides to symbols... as it should be. We are as different on the inside as we are on the outside. Johnson is widely regarded by Jungian analysts as a master of dream work and active imagination. Since I started this book my life has changed enormously. Dreams are no longer just video dumps of the day's activity mixed with meaningless images and symbols; they are masterpieces of symbolic communication.

Make no mistakes, the work you will do as a result of reading this book is hard, and it requires much moral courage. If you have that and the discipline to do the work, you will be richly rewarded: your life will change for the better. You will grow, you will integrate the unconscious with the conscious, and you will live a more fulfilling life than you otherwise could have ever lived.

2 out of 5 stars

There are better books about the subjects December 14, 2008
Jyriii
3 out of 12 found this review helpful

Inner work means the effort by which we get in touch with unconscious. Life can be balanced only when the conscious mind is living in harmony with the unconscious. In the modern world we have acted as though there were no unconscious at all, fixating ourselves completely on the external, material world. The prejudices of the ego are our sole rulers, keeping the voices of the unconscious repressed.

The author introduces his four-step approaches to both dream work and active imagination, but I found them boring. I think it's unnecessary to divide everything in artificial steps. And especially when there's not enough understanding about the subjects themselves.

The "active imagination" of the nature in this book has also been called "channeling." But I think the author should have provided more information about the ethical side of channeling... -There are better books about "channeling" and "dreams." You could browse through my other book reviews.

5 out of 5 stars

A Spiritual How-To Book October 24, 2008
Philip H. Reagan (Oakland, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Better than work with several Jungian therapists - in my experience, this book is the real deal. After a succinct summary of the conscious and unconscious parts of one's being, this fine book provides a pathway between the two via working with dreams and active imagination.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Book, Poor Paper September 11, 2008
Rick Ansgar (usa)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I agree with most of the positive reviews on this book. The author is an excellent writer, and the contents of this book are excellent.

But HarperOne should be ashamed of themselves regarding the quality of the physical book. The paper is so cheap that underlining is rough on the pages. This kind of cheapness is ruining the book business--it's like watching publishing self-destruct.

My recommendation to the writer is to find another publisher in the future.

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