Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times

by James Hollis Ph.D.

Overview

What guides us when our world is changing? Discover the path to deeper meaning and purpose through depth psychology and classical thought.

How did we get to this crossroads in history? And will we make it through—individually and as a species? “We all assumed that learning, rationality, and good intentions would prove enough to bring us to the promised land,” says Dr. James Hollis. “But they haven’t and won’t. Yet what we also do not recognize sufficiently is that this human animal is equipped for survival. In time, as we have seen of life’s other insolubles, we grow large enough to contain what threatened to destroy us.”

Dr. Hollis is known as a penetrating thinker who brings profound insight and sophistication to the inner journey. In Living Between Worlds, he broadens his lens to encompass the relationship between our inner struggles and the rapidly shifting realities of modern human existence. You will learn to invoke the tools of depth psychology, classical literature, philosophy, dream work, and myth to gain access to the resources that supported our ancestors through their darkest hours. Through these paths of inner exploration, you will access your “locus of knowing”—an inner wellspring of deep resilience beyond the ego, always available to guide you back to the imperatives of your soul.

Though many of the challenges of our times are unique, the path through for us, personally and collectively, will always rely on our measureless capacity for creativity, wisdom, and connection to a reality larger than ourselves. Here you will find no easy answers or pat reassurances. Yet in Living Between Worlds, you will encounter causes for hope. “We can find what supports us when nothing supports us,” Hollis teaches. “By bearing the unbearable, we go through the desert to arrive at a nurturing oasis we did not know was there.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683645993
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/21/2020
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 6.40(h) x 1.01(d)

About the Author

James Hollis, PhD, is a Jungian analyst practicing in Washington, DC, and a bestselling author of 16 books, including Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, The Eden Project, What Matters Most, and Living an Examined Life. He is a frequent public speaker on such subjects as the second half of life, aging, dreamwork, and the nature of personal growth. For more, visit jameshollis.net.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

Chapter 1 When the Old Map Disappears 1

Chapter 2 Life in the Between 9

Chapter 3 What Is Depth Psychology, and Why Does It Matter? 21

Chapter 4 Three Essential Principles of Depth Psychology 37

Chapter 5 Antigone, Hamlet, and Prufrock: Case Studies in the Search for Personal Resilience 63

Chapter 6 What Is Healing? 83

Chapter 7 The Maiden with No Hands: A Psycho-Mythic Interlude on Gender 95

Chapter 8 Navigating Changing Times 101

Chapter 9 A Map to Meaning: What We Can Learn from Jung 117

Afterword: Homecoming 141

Notes 147

Bibliography 153

Index 155

About the Author 167