First, let me admit that I'm a bit biased, as I'm an acquaintance of the author and obtained a pre-publication copy....

But, if you are interested in the relationship between Jungian psycholgical type/MBTI type and the aging process, Millner's book is a must read, if only because it's the first book on the subject! :-)

"Creative Aging" is an easy read, best for someone with a basic familiarity with psychological type, but readable by those without such familiarity. Nonetheless, it is illuminating for those with a high level of knowledge about type.

The book is based on a selected group of people identified as aging creatively. It's their stories of how they did it, and how psychological type affects this process. It appears that some of the limitations of type are overcome by those who age creatively, and it is the exploration and acceptance of the less-preferred functions that makes for a successful old age.

As I set this book upon a bed of newspaper and struck a match ...the most wonderful smell filled the air as the flames began to lap against the pages.

beware mortals...I now walk among you

Daryl Sharp's Digesting Jung: Food For The Journey is the result of the author's pin-pointing key passages in Carl Jung's psychoanalytical writings which have been particularly inspiring and insightful for him down through the years. Digesting Jung provides a new generation of readers with the main ingredients of Jung's work and how the reader can utilize Jung's insights and metaphors to infuse them with an enthusiasm as they search for meaning. Each chapter begins with a Jung citation, which is then fleshed out by Sharp's own commentary which will stimulate the reader to contemplating the unconscious factors that influence us all. Digesting Jung is very highly recommended to all students and practitioners of Jungian psychology.

Ms Sabini affectively organized Carl Gustav Jung's thoughts and reflections on Nature and Man. It is insightfully edited and gives an excellent view of Jung's thoughts on mans separation from Nature and our own roots.

A good read that is not "rough slogging" like some Jung texts. Highly recommend.

En esta obra, Gustav Meyrink logra una de sus mejores novelas junto con "El golem". Este es un libro profundo, lleno de misterio, que sabe lo que dice... Una obra que refleja la busqueda de la identidad y nos habla de las herencias malditas.

This book was fantastic, complex and intriguing. It was difficult at first to understand the imagery and where the author was going with such a graphic description. Lately I have been aware that our society has been inundated with subtle imagery of sex and violence, but this book helped me embrace the true personal significance of that imagery, particularly if it is reoccurring. It is avery personal book that allows you to read it from the perspective that it is the author's story, yet still gain so many insights about yourself, even if you can only relate to glimpses of the account. I think the book is appropriate for anyone who is on a journey of self-awareness and discovery and looking for answers for some sexual or violent imagery. This book can help take those images and place them in the context of your own experience and enable you to open up to them in a very positive and useful way. They go from disturbing nightmares to acceptable thoughts. Highly recommeded for all those on a path to a higher self.

Wisdom Publications has issued a new 2003 edition of the 1986 classic by Radmila Moacanin. In 22 pages, she provides with exquisite clarity the most concise summary available of Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism. This compelling overview will provide both a novice and an experienced practicioner with a few insights, undoubtedly due to the depth of the author's insight. Tying the essence of Vajrayana Buddism to Jungian psychology has always been, in my view, the best way to articulate the experience of Tibetan diety practice to the Western mind. The Tibetan tankas used for meditative practice are not only beautiful works of art. They are powerful devices that can provide a window into an alternative reality. The encounter with a deity (or with a Jungian archtype) results in a stronger force which compels the practitioner to take another path. One no longer chooses a goal, it chooses him or her. The goal becomes the manifestation in practical reality of one's higher Self. Experienced initially as something "other," the Self embodied as the diety or archtype, shatters the conventional ego-centric view of the world and liberates the mind from self-imposed imprisonment.

The encounter with unconscious forces can be risky. Many Western teachers have recommended depth psychology and a thorough analysis as a prerequisite to the journey. At a minimum, it would help everyone to gain familiarity with unconscious contents and how to deal with them. Failing that, encountering deep feelings unexpectedly in the experience of daily life, as everyone does at one time or another, can be a disorienting experience. Fear and uncertainty can lead to negative actions or support of irrational idealism leading to failure or destruction of life and relationships, while positive acceptance can lead to transformation, caring, love, and reconciliation. Jungian psychology can prepare one for deity meditation and the rapid path of Vajrayana Buddhism, help smooth out the bumps in the road along the way, and train one for the inevitable life-changing forces encountered at the most unexpected times. Jung's vision is timeless:

"Every individual needs revolution, inner division, overthrow of the existing order, and renewal, but not by forcing them on his (or her) neighbours under the hypocritical cloak of Christian (or other religious) love or the sense of social responsibility or any of the other beautiful euphemisms for unconcious urges to personal (or collective) power. Individual self-reflection, return of the individual to the ground of human nature, to his (or her) own deepest being with its individual and social destiny - here is the beginning of a cure for that blindness which reigns at the present hour." [Jung. Two Essays on Analytical Psychology. p. 5.]

Stor has done a wonderful thing in presenting Jung's voluminous works in a single volume. Although the content may at times be intimidating, the sections flow easily enough. If you are going to read any book this year, then this should be the one. Jung makes it absolutely clear the challenge that faces the modern mind, caught between reason and faith. In the last section he gives due emphasis to the struggle between the individual and the state. In short, this book is true wisdom for all to meditate upon.

I took psych 290 3 times and this book was the only thing that helped me get a passing grade. I am never taking another psychology class again if I can help it.

I'm originally from Iowa, and of Norwegian ancestry to boot, so I took a chance and ordered this book. I'm very glad I did. The book seems to start out slow ... it goes through a pedigree of the Tjernagel family. But when I got to the dog stories, I was glad for the background. The book is thoroughly charming and it put me in mind of stories my grandfather used to tell. Peder Gustav's fine character and humor shine through the narrative and when the book is finished, you wish you lived next door to his ancestors. I believe that even the Danes and Swedes would like this book. O' jah, you betcha