Understanding why we need story and what it means to us are subjects scholars, educators and parents ponder. Jungian or Depth Psychology uses story as a tool for helping people understand themselves, their dreams, their history and their ancestry in an effort to promote and maintain psychological and spiritual well-being. Cultures worldwide use story as teaching and ritual for helping initiate members through life phases, stages and events. Parents connect with their children by reading stories in arms, cozy and intimate. People create stories to express themselves and connect with humanity through a shared experience or memory. Stories heal us. Below please find links to pages at OneWomansMind.net and Amazon.com offering book lists relevant to appreciating and understanding the largess of story in our psychological, spiritual and human development. OneWomansMind.net has partnered with Amazon.com to offer product previews using simple mouseovers. Just roll your mouse over a book title and the product information and associated links are provided. Any item linked from this site and purchased from Amazon.com helps support and maintain OneWomansMind.net. Search for a specific title, author or illustrator   Web OneWomansMind.net

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Book lists

Feminine in Myth

Joseph Campbell

Cultural Mythology