Resources for Inner Space
Classics Book Club Reading List
In 2006, I started a classics reading plan that grew into a book group. We’ve been reading all the great and classical literature from earliest written history to the modern era. This is our reading plan.
My Personal Reading List, by Year
What I’ve read on my own.
Film & Video Recommendations
Captivating films with a twist of depth.
Psychological Tests
Free MBTI Type Test at HumanMetrics
This is not the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) based on Carl Jung’s typology theory, but it does identify your psychological preferences for functions including Introversion (I) and Extraversion (E); Sensing (S) and Intuition (N); Thinking (T) and Feeling (F); and Perceiving (P) and Judging (J) for a total of 16 types.
TypeLogic
A helpful website offering information about the 16 psychological types.
The Personality Page
Another website about personality types, including information about the limitations characteristic of each type.
Similar Minds
Personality tests and tools, including the Jungian 16-type test, Enneagram, the Big Five, and others.
Sixteen Personalities
A freakishly accurate test with many excellent tools available for members. Taking the test and joining are free.
For Wordsmiths & Bibliophiles
Online Etymology Dictionary
Is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded hundreds or thousands of years ago, the facts of the origin and development of a word. An invaluable resource.
Recommended for Dream Work
Analytical psychology sees dreams as the psyche’s attempt to communicate with the dreamer. Jung’s theories and work on the nature and meaning of dreaming “still stand as perhaps the most deeply insightful writings about dreams of any Western psychologist, past or present.”1
Following are my favorites from an entire shelf of books devoted to dream work.
Inner Work, by Robert A. Johnson
This book is a treasure. Divided into three sections that explain theory, dream work, and active imagination, it has become my new favorite book on dream work. Jungian analyst and author Robert A. Johnson teaches techniques for dream work and active imagination in four steps that anyone familiar with depth psychology can put to good use.
Understanding Dreams, by Mary Ann Mattoon
Mattoon is a Jungian analyst and in this book presents Jung’s ideas in a systematic, understandable way. She tells you just exactly how to do dream work as an analyst would. It’s somewhat technical and definitely an academic read, but it’s not impossible. I use it all the time, too, and if I only had one book on dream work, this would be my choice.
Dreams, by C. G. Jung
With apologies to Grandfather Jung, his book isn’t tops on my list since its density and detail may be off-putting to non-scholars. This book of Jung’s is part of his Collected Works. In Jung’s typical style, it meanders here and there. It’s full of illustrations. If a person manages to read this book, they’ll be changed; but it’s not for the faint of heart or the non-theoretical.
Jungian Dream Interpretation, by James A. Hall
I’m a big believer in reading Jung’s original work although it’s difficult to understand due to his intuitive grasp of things. Jungian analyst James A. Hall makes Jung’s ideas accessible and understandable in this slim volume, which I recommend buying with Jung’s book, Dreams.
In Your Dreams, by Gayle Delaney, Ph.D.
This is a dream dictionary, simple and fun to use, and useful to laypeople and professionals alike. It’s the most reader-friendly and ‘fun’ dream book I own and I use it again and again as a quick reference. It can shed light on archetypal meanings of dream images.
Man and His Symbols, by C. G. Jung
Lavishly illustrated, according to Amazon, this is the first and only work in which Jung “explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.” I refer to this book over and over again, and highly recommend it to serious students of dream interpretation.
Dream Interpretation Worksheet, The Third Eve.
The Microsoft Word template I use for personal dream analysis.
Dream Interpretation Example, The Third Eve.
Using a dream from Dream Analysis Info, I give an example of personal dream work using my dream interpretation worksheet.
Art
Irene Wellm
Irene is one of the most expressive artists of the unconscious I’ve met. Her work inspires and intrigues me. An added plus is that she’s part of our clan.
Strawberrique
This beautiful soul worked with me at Fiverr to resurrect The Third Eve and bring a beautiful, meaningful, and updated site. She has an intuitive grasp of what each client needs, and is a wonderful and imaginative artist who will enlarge your vision and refine your project.
Nick Mayer
Whereas many of my favorite artists are symbolic in their approach, Nick is a technically accurate marine creature artist. Since so many emblems of the psyche are water creatures, I thought I’d include the work of this fly fishing artist.
please submit your art suggestions here
Footnotes
1 Bulkeley, Kelly. “Jung’s Theory of Dreams: A Reappraisal.” Psychology Today. Accessed 2022-09-08.
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