Sandy Hook: Toward a Healing Myth via Symbolism, Myth and Archetype: Every Person Can Find Meaning in the Metaphor of Tragedy, Consciousness, and Recovery. 4 Short Essays Paperback – January 5, 2013

by Charles K. Bunch Ph.D. (Author)

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A blow with Xango’s great hammer of change! Seven articles were originally posted to Soft Bipolar Suffering News Blog just days after the tragic loss of real lives at Sandy Hook. 20 Children and 6 school staff left life too early. An ill Adam Lanza gunned them down with an assault rifle before killing himself. Sandy Hook was a story of universal importance. It was not just a news story, but a mythic story of monumental loss that has become the driving force for change. The rampage shooting is a story of change for both all. Sandy Hook: Symbolism and Archetype for Personal Meaning and Community Change examines the metaphors and archetypes of crisis and tragedy that separates past massacres from this powerful story, a “human myth”. Individuals will find meaning in the Sandy Hook story and its symbols of loss. But more greatly, individuals and communities will find a personal and life changing application of the myth of crossing this bridge of consciousness. Charles K. Bunch, Ph.D., clinical counselor in Boise Idaho, Director Boise Bipolar Center, is the author of several books on bipolar disorder, metaphor, and myth. Dr. Bunch completed doctoral studies in Jungian archetype, myth, and symbolism in Brazil, Mexico, and the US. One of his favorite quotes that applies to the Sandy Hook myth: Barn's burnt down, now I can see the Moon. (anon.)