Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth

5 Responses to “Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth”

1. Outcast says:

   October 17, 2010 at 1:55 pm

   Inner work means the effort by which we get in touch with unconscious. Life can be balanced only when the conscious mind is living in harmony with the unconscious. In the modern world we have acted as though there were no unconscious at all, fixating ourselves completely on the external, material world. The prejudices of the ego are our sole rulers, keeping the voices of the unconscious repressed.

   The leader introduces his four-step approaches to both dream work and active imagination, but I establish them dull. I reflect it’s unnecessary to apportion everything in artificial steps. And especially when there’s not enough understanding about the subjects themselves.

   The “active imagination” of the scenery in this book has also been called “channeling.” But I reflect the leader should have provided more information about the ethical side of channeling… -There are better books about “channeling” and “dreams.” You could browse through my additional book reviews.
   Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
2. Anonymous says:

   October 17, 2010 at 4:36 pm

   this book has been reasonably a revelation for me as it has stimulated my nightly dreaming and has agreed me a tool to go deep within to connect with Soul and Spirit. no one can take away your dreams or stop them. they are a sacred communication and we’d all benefit from learning to extract their personal messages
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
3. Lauren B. Davis says:

   October 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm

   Useful, but for anyone with a reasonable knowledge of dreamwork and Jung, there’s not much new here, practically language. The first chapters are the most appealing, with excellent descriptions of what inner work’s all about.
   Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
4. Beepsie says:

   October 17, 2010 at 6:26 pm

   though i wouldn’t follow the leader’s exact attributions to symbols in dreams (use your personal ones – what do they mean to you?), the book is still brilliant for interpretation and analysis. keep reading it, especially the most vital parts, as you are likely to forget. i recommend first reading Owning Your Own Shadow as a primer, also by Robert A. Johnson.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
5. Craig Chalquist, PhD, author of TERRAPSYCHOLOGY and DEEP CALIFORNIA says:

   October 17, 2010 at 6:36 pm

   I’ve routinely recommended this one to my clients; it’s not for persons already familiar with the depths but is a clearly written and workable guide for people just starting out in dreamwork and individuation.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5