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The Way of Myth: Stories' Subtle Wisdom Paperback – July 29, 2021
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In his 30th published volume, The Way of Myth: Stories’ Subtle Wisdom, Dennis Patrick Slattery reaches back in “Part I: Mining the Myths Anew,” to some earlier essays on classic films and works of literature. He also includes extended meditations on the thought of mythologist Joseph Campbell; on creativity’s hungers; on beliefs as mythic constructs; and on the joys of painting. Many of the essays explore the act of reading and the importance of stories as they relate to one’s personal myth.
In “Part II: The Social Fabric of Stories,” Slattery includes a series of 19 short op-ed essays on a range of topics: the classroom as sacred space; uncertainty; the fact of myth; compassion; moral injury; peace; the gifts of conversation; gall-bladder surgery; the 'pan'-demic; and the poetics of myth, among others. Reflections on several of Joseph Campbell’s volumes are also included in this section.
The author’s reflective interests are trans-disciplinary, analogical and depth-psychological. These essays stretch out over many years of writing. Now, in this volume they are gathered so they can speak and engage one another to reveal the subtle wisdom of stories.
"In The Way of Myth, the culminating book of the prolific Dennis Patrick Slattery’s career, I find an abundance of wonder and a plenitude of what the poet-astronomer Rebecca Elson called our 'responsibility to awe.' For him, mythology is everywhere if only we develop “the mythic slant,” the ability to see its wild wisdom all around us. What vitalizes his writing is how he encourages the reader to venture beyond theory to experience one of the least appreciated aspects of mythology—the sheer joy that can come from identifying with its characters—to the point where we no longer feel alone in our own struggles.
The sheer range here of essays, poems, reminiscences, reviews and retellings underscores Slattery’s ardent belief that mythmaking is one of the constants in cultures throughout history. I especially value his uncanny awareness of what he calls the 'weathervanes of the soul,' the cultural devices, if you will, found in art, literature, theater and cinema, as well as in sports, religion, psychiatry, nature and our romantic lives, which indicate the direction of our mythologically-inclined minds."
~From the Foreword by Phil Cousineau
- Print length354 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 29, 2021
- Dimensions6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101950186326
- ISBN-13978-1950186327
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- Publisher : Mandorla Books (July 29, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 354 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1950186326
- ISBN-13 : 978-1950186327
- Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,536,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,726 in Essays (Books)
- #12,757 in Medical General Psychology
- #60,761 in Psychology & Counseling
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Dennis has taught for the past 45 years, beginning with Elementary Special Education, then high school, undergraduate and for the past 20 years, Mythological Study students as well as those in Depth Psychology, Depth Psychotherapy, Counseling and Clinical Psychology programs at Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor, of 24 books including seven volumes of poetry, two with accompanying CDs; he also co-authored one novel. He has published over 200 articles on popular culture, mythology, psychology, cultural phenomena in book chapters, newspaper and magazine articles and on-line publications. As a result of writing this collection of essays on creativity with Jennifer and Deborah, Dennis has designed and now implemented a course on Creative Writing and Personal Myth, which he is currently teaching to second year Mythology students at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Expanding beyond the written word, Dennis took classes in mixing glazes and creating pottery both on the wheel and free-hand. For the past seven years in New Braunfels, Texas, he has taken formal acrylic painting classes and has recently completed his eleventh 16x20 painting. He is now creating paintings in water color. He has been a frequent guest on radio talk shows and has offered “riting” personal myth retreats across the United States, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland. He has the unique ability to speak to and connect with a wide variety of audiences, from young people to older participants interested in using writing and drawing to explore the mythology that moves within them and helps them to shape the person they are continually becoming. He has found that from a depth psychological and mythical perspective, people are fundamentally the same in their desires, feelings, wants, and aspirations. Tapping into those common human elements through writing has been most rewarding for him, allowing him to extend his boundaries beyond the classroom.
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