Cheryl Towers (2023) Dreaming the Way Home. Jungian Meditations on the Authority of Soul.
This book is about the inner journey of homecoming to our deepest sense of self and the recognition that, on this journey, our dreams are the guiding voice of our soul. C.G. Jung’s concept of individuation is introduced along with a description of a “native self” to provide an image of the core in all of us, our essence, that springs from nature itself.
I then offer an original Irish Voyage Tale (or immrama) to describe the lived and felt experience of a journey of individuation in which the protagonist draws on his dreams as a guiding rudder to find his direction and to understand the meaning of his personal journey. Interwoven within the text of this tale is a day-to-day description of the movements in and along a real river in Ireland over a period of a year. This attention to nature’s movements mirrors the natural, internal, spiritual movements of the protagonist.
In part two of the book, I take the reader through a series of meditations on the meaning of the Voyage Tale and on the universal nature of the inner, spiritual journey that it represents in all of us. Along with my own personal resonances to the tale, this contemplative piece draws upon Jungian ideas, poetry and myth.
I have written this book for anyone who struggles with the question of meaning in their life.
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