Description: Jean Houston's rich and insightful meta-biography recounts her larger-than-life personal story, showing readers in the process how to recognize and tap into the mythic themes that shape and inform their own lives. "Without myths, a society becomes sterile and is bereft of meaning and soul. I recommend (A Mythic Life) to those who want to restore the magical and the miraculous in their lives".--Deepak Chopra.
Brief description: Jean Houston, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of fifteen books, including The Possible Human and The Search for the Beloved, and an internationally renowned psychologist, scholar, philosopher, and teacher. She is the co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Pomona, New York, and founder of the Mystery School -- an institution dedicated to teaching history, philosophy, the new physics, psychology, anthropology, myth and the many dimensions of our human potential. A consultants to the United Nations, UNICEF, and other international agencies, Houston presents transformational workshops to people and organizations all over the world.