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10 best books like The Dream and the Underworld (James Hillman): Memories, Dreams, Reflections, How the Mind Works, The Interpretation of Dreams, Man and His Symbols, The Undiscovered Self, The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction, Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche, Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
AuthorC.G. Jung
ISBN0679723951
In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, C. G. Jung undertook the telling of his life story. At regular intervals he had conversations with his colleague and friend Aniela Jaffé, and collaborated with her in the preparation of the text based on these talks. On occasion, he was moved to...
How the Mind Works
AuthorSteven Pinker
ISBN0393318486
In this extraordinary bestseller, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, does for the rest of the mind what he did for language in his 1994 book, The Language Instinct. He explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy...
The Interpretation of Dreams
AuthorSigmund Freud
ISBN1566195764
Die Traumdeutung = The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud
The Interpretation of Dreams (German: Die Traumdeutung) is an 1899 book by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, in which the author introduces his theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and discusses what...
Man and His Symbols
AuthorC.G. Jung
ISBN0440351839
My university professors never introduced me to Carl Jung. I understand why, I guess, but it's a shame that I didn't read Jung's work until now. Jungian psychology is amazing. It addresses the unconscious and the "self"/"psyche" in a unique and enlightening way. And, unlike most other psychologists,...
The Undiscovered Self
AuthorC.G. Jung
ISBN0451217322
In his classic, provocative work, Dr. Carl Jung-one of psychiatry's greatest minds-argues that the future depends on our ability to resist society's mass movements. Only by understanding our unconscious inner nature-"the undiscovered self"-can we gain the self-knowledge that is antithetical...
The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
AuthorR.D. Laing
ISBN0140135375
In The Divided Self (1960), Laing contrasted the experience of the "ontologically secure" person with that of a person who "cannot take the realness, aliveness, autonomy and identity of himself and others for granted" and who consequently contrives strategies to avoid "losing his self". Laing explains...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
AuthorJoseph Campbell
ISBN0691017840
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction
AuthorMurray Stein
ISBN0812693760
More than a mere overview, the book offers readers a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.

Probably the best one-volume English language summary of Jung's thought. . . Stein develops the cartographical metaphor...
Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche
AuthorEdward F. Edinger
This book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art....
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
AuthorMarie-Louise von Franz
ISBN0877739749
Fairy tales seem to be innocent stories, yet they contain profound lessons for those who would dive deep into their waters of meaning. In this book, Marie-Louise von Franz uncovers some of the important lessons concealed in tales from around the world, drawing on the wealth of her knowledge of folklore,...
Boundaries of the Soul: The Practice of Jung's Psychology
AuthorJune K. Singer
ISBN0385475292
After thirteen printings and with nearly 100,000 copies in print since its publication twenty years ago, Boundaries Of The Soul has become recognized as THE classic introduction to Jung and the practice of Jung's psychology.  The book has been described as "the clearest and most coherent exposition...
Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey
AuthorSallie Nichols
ISBN0877285152
Highly innovative work presenting a piercing interpretation of the tarot in terms of Jungian psychology. Through analogy with the humanities, mythology and the graphic arts, the significance of the cards is related to personal growth and individuation. The major arcana becomes a map of life, and...
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
AuthorRobert A. Johnson
ISBN0062504312
Just excellent. Why did it take me so long to find this book? I've always admired Robert Johnson's memoir, BALANCING HEAVEN AND EARTH. This text should be required reading for anyone working with dreams or the imagination as part of their spiritual journey.

"In fact, no one "makes up" anything...
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype (Bollingen)
AuthorErich Neumann
ISBN0691097429
Neumann examines how the Feminine has been experienced and expressed in many cultures from prehistory to our own time. Appearing as goddess and demon, gate and pillar, garden and tree, hovering sky and containing vessel, the Feminine is seen as an essential factor in the dialectical relation of individual...
The Origins and History of Consciousness
AuthorErich Neumann
ISBN0691017611
The first of Erich Neumann's works to be translated into English, this eloquent book draws on a full range of world mythology to show that individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as has human consciousness as a whole. Neumann, one of Jung's most creative students...
The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images
AuthorAmi Ronnberg
ISBN3836514486
Reflections on symbols and symbolic imagery
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and almost 800 beautiful full-color images come together...
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