Robert A. Johnson was more than an international best-selling author of
fifteen books, brilliant and influential Jungian analyst, and acclaimed
international lecturer; he was a master storyteller. This collection is
transcribed from Robert's own tellings throughout the years. Robert told
these stories, his favorites, to an appreciative and revering community
each night at Journey into Wholeness events from 1981 to 2001. Robert
collected several of these stories in his beloved India, but the book
includes stories and myths from Chinese, Native American, Mexican, and
European traditions. Each story is introduced by a colleague, mentee, or
friend whose life was profoundly changed by the presence and teachings
of this wise and other-wordly sage.
Robert taught us we could enjoy a myth or a story as a child would, or
we could listen more carefully to discover a roadmap for our own inner
work. Magical, humorous, tragic, enigmatic, these stories illustrate
Robert's capacity to speak to the delights and adversities of the human
experience, and to our collective quest to become our most conscious and
authentic selves.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Good Year (Hindu) - Introduced by Murray Stein
Chapter 2 The Miracle of Guadalupe (Mexican) - Introduced by Gertrud
Mueller Nelson
Chapter 3 One‐Two Man (Paiute) - Introduced by Phil Cousineau
Chapter 4 Savatri and Satchavan (Hindu) - Introduced by Laurie Downs and
Elizabeth Rucker
Chapter 5 Cry of the Loon (Inuit) - Introduced by Barry Williams
Chapter 6 The Frog Queen (Hindu) - Introduced by Rob Luke
Chapter 7 The Dame Ragnel (Western) - Introduced by Paula Reeves
Chapter 8 The King and the Sannyasin (Hindu) - Introduced by Pete
William
Chapter 9 The Woman at the Crossroads (origin unknown) - Introduced by
Virginia Apperson
Chapter 10 Heaven's Emissary (Hindu) - Introduced by Frank Roth
Chapter 11 The Rainmaker (Chinese) - Introduced by J. Pittman McGehee
Chapter 12 Transposed Heads (Hindu) - Introduced by Ruth Hill
Chapter 13 The Old Jew (Western) - Introduced by Jim Cullipher
