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From Homer to Harry Potter - the wisdom of classic literature awaits you.

If you’re looking for reliable, time-tested guidance on your journey through life then this is the book for you. Using the wisdom of over three thousand years of literature and myth, Dr Allan Hunter explores the stories we need to know and understand, and shows how they have offered us real advice and guidance for generations.

You’ll find practical advice that will help you identify which of the six archetypes you are presently living, as well as what challenges you may need to face if you are to grow spiritually to fulfill all you are capable of being.

For the first time we have a coherent way of understanding these archetypes and the way they appear in our world and our lives. Until now this way of looking at ourselves and others has been hopelessly confused. Now it is made clear –and we see that the information we have been seeking has always been present in the stories our culture has been treasuring since storytelling began.

Whether you are a student of literature or a student of life, walking a spiritual path or not, the information you’ll find inside this book is an eye-opening experience.

“Just as this is a book about the Stories We Need, Allan Hunter is an author we need. Using what he calls ‘the guiding power of literature’ to illustrate the six distinct stages of personal development he has identified over his 30 years of counseling and teaching, Hunter fascinates, educates and exhilarates. Waves of gratitude to him on behalf of the legions of souls in whom this book is sure to spark introspection, revelation and growth.”

-Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of Becoming Finola

“Stories We Need to Know refreshingly reminds us of what our heavily sedated and theoretical age has sadly forgotten: that great literature was always a source of healing and a path to personal growth. In this groundbreaking study, Allan Hunter uncovers the vital interplay of literature and psychology as he takes a bold new look at the way archetypes – whether found in The Odyssey or Harry Potter – can profoundly transform both individual lives and our spiritually starved society.”

-Robert Atwan, Series Editor, The Best American Essays

Summary: An Introduction to Archetypes
Rating: 4

I enjoyed and learned a great deal reading Allan G Hunter’s book, “Stories We Need to Know”. Indeed, knowing more about archetypes can assist one on his or her journey in life. I began Hunter’s book with almost no background in archetypes but soon built a working knowledge of the innocent, orphan, pilgrim, warrior-lover and monarch. Aside from that I learned how to recognize in literature each archetype and how to apply them to my own life. Apart from illuminating my inner self, there opened a new way to read literature. In fact, I didn’t really understand Harry Potter until I read chapter 17 in the book. Fasinating! Thank-you Mr. Hunter.

Summary: Stories we can immediately apply to our own lives
Rating: 5

I just finished reading this book and it was an excellent read! I found it to be a very thorough and thought-provoking perspective on viewing the stages of life we all traverse. After a sound explanation of each of the stages, Dr. Hunter elaborated by showing how we find these stages in our literature, both ancient and modern. Being an avid explorer of ancient myth and an advocate of modern methods of story telling, I was highly impressed with the work, and I can see myself employing some of this information in future excursions of my own. A must read, for sure.

Summary: The Road to Magic and Peace
Rating: 5

Most of us are living in an Orphan’s world feeling stuck and discontented. Here, according to Dr. Hunter, psychic development is arrested and little action is taken to clarify our beliefs, defend them, and work toward the greater good of others and the cause. From Greek myths to modern struggles he has us consider common behaviors (blaming, following, self-pity) and common temptations (revenge, power, sex, public affirmation) in light of a natural tug toward using our unique talents. Few, it appears, have the courage to pursue that calling.

This is where the Western canon comes in. He reminds us that these are stories we need to know for many reasons. One is to provide models of mature, fulfilled, balanced, and nurturing leaders and their life paths. This, in turn, can inspire searching, letting go, and finding what we each need for an authentic life. An archetype template is provided, known to many of us but rarely applied to both literature and to daily life. This is fascinating. On one page you identify with knights of the round table while on the next you’re clarifying personal values in the margins.

Hunter advocates learning from great literature to help us achieve peace on many levels. If a hint of that is gleaned from Stories We Need To Know - as it was for me - it’s well worth the read.

Summary: Reading ‘Stories’ Opens Doors
Rating: 5

As a young woman in my twenties, reading ‘Stories We Need To Know” was like opening a door of self awareness and understanding, all through learning about life’s storybook characters. Allan Hunter gives readers the opportunity to understand where they are in life, in work, personal, and spiritual existences. We are all students in this life, on our own individual paths and ‘Stories’ gives readers the tools to navigate through the good times and the bad, to get to a place where we really feel fulfilled. I loved it! Just loved it!

Summary: Lotus Guide Magazine Review
Rating: 4

Stories We Need to Know: Reading Your Life Path in Literature

By Allan G. Hunter

ISBN 1-84409-123-6 (Findhorn Press, 2008)

By exploring 3,000 years of literature, Dr. Allan Hunter has brought to life six archetypes that traditionally have transmitted sacred meanings to generation after generation. Western society, by taking our stories literally, has disabled the transformative power of myth; this book reinstates that power by revisiting some of the classics using archetypes as your guide. Joseph Campbell would be in bliss if he read Dr. Hunter’s work.

Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide magazine

* Publisher: Findhorn Press
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2008-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1844091236
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781844091232

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