Living Myth explores the dilemma of how to live life creatively at a time when the dominant myths of our culture are losing their power to give meaning to our lives. Using C. G. Jung's idea of discovering a "personal myth," D. Stephenson Bond reflects on the psychology of mythic imagination, as a force in both culture and individual life. He argues that meaning is experienced subjectively through the stirring of imagination and fantasy in the individual, which touches the larger impersonal, archetypal patterns. The book offers hopeful insights into the possibilities of cultural renewal and individual meaning through the restoration of the imagination. "...When the accepted myths of a culture fail, individuals need to create personal myths, ... Bond's arguments will appeal to the psychologically oriented searcher seeking better ways to live." -- Virginia Dwyer, Booklist, (June 1993) --Booklist D. Stephenson Bond is a practicing psychoanalyst who has lectured widely on the topics of myth and creativity. He is the author of four books, including the new novel Healing Lily (Alternative Views Publishing), and Living Myth: Personal Meaning As a Way of Life (Shambhala), The Archetype of Renewal (Inner City), and ). He graduated with an M.Div. from Vanderbilt in 1981 and from the C. G. Jung Institute, Boston, in 1997, where he still teaches.