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Slender Threads : Dr. Robert A. Johnson
Welcome to an online resource for those interested in the life and work of Dr. Robert A. Johnson, world renowned analyst, author and lecturer. Dr. Johnson is famous for weaving traditional Christianity, depth psychology, mythology and dreams into language that has touched millions of people searching for meaning in this world. On this site you will find current news about Dr. Johnson in addition to links and information about his books, DVDs and audio recordings. We hope you find this useful. Please contact us if you have news to share or would like more information.
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Dr. Robert A. Johnson : News
Now 87 years old and much slowed by the diminishment's of advancing maturity, Dr. Johnson just renewed his drivers license and continues to enjoy a quiet life of friends and garden in southern California.
Arnie Kolter has just edited together a little volume of Dr. Johnson's thoughts about psychological "projection." Inner Gold is a collection of unpublished quotes from Dr. Johnson's various writings, lectures and conversations over the years.
Dr. Johnson recently co-authored a book with his friend Jerry Ruhl called Living Your Unlived Life. They also have a web site together: www.jerryruhlrobertjohnson.com.
IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL with Dr. Robert A. Johnson is now available on DVD. Filmed at his California home overlooking the Pacific ocean in 1991, this informative artifact finds Dr. Johnson exploring the medieval myth of Parsifal and His Search for the Holy Grail as if it were an informative, collective dream. Dr. Johnson discusses many of the ideas presented in his book HE, in addition to such topics as the power of dreams, the meaning of suffering, the Eastern world, India and enlightenment.
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Dr. Robert A. Johnson : Biography
Robert A. Johnson, D. Hum., was born born in 1921 in Portland, Oregon. He attended the University of Oregon and Stanford University before studying under Fritz Kunkel in Los Angeles. This eventually led to study at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He did further work under Tony Sussman in London, England.
In the early 1950’s Robert established an analytical practice with Helen Luke in Los Angeles, California and became at this time a father figure to her two young boys. After Helen’s youngest was successfully launched Robert left his busy analytical practice to enter a Benedictine monastery in Michigan. He left the monastery after four years to establish Saint Johns House, a retreat center, where he specialized in the synthesis of Christianity and the work of C. G. Jung.
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Robert during the 1991 filming of In Search of the Holy Grail. |
Eventually Robert found his way back to California, where he became a resident lecturer at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Diego, working with Jack Sanford to make a bridge between traditional Christianity and depth psychology. In 1974 one of Robert’s lectures was published by the Religious Publishing Company of Pennsylvania with the title HE! Robert became a best selling author when this small publisher was purchased by HarperCollins.
In 1973 Robert’s interest in mythology took him to India where he began a study of the great Hindu Epics. He soon abandoned his studies to spend his time making friends and soaking in the culture. Robert returned to India annually for over twenty years. He established deep friendships with many of the people he met from all walks of life. Many of these friendships exist to this day. Through the years Robert saw much of India, but he preferred to spend the vast majority of his Indian life in the southeastern coastal city of Pondicherry.
Currently Robert makes his home in San Diego, California. He is mostly retired from writing, traveling and lecturing. He spends his energy attending to his garden and his friends.
More information about Robert’s life can be found in his critically acclaimed memoir Balancing Heaven and Earth.
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Dr. Robert A. Johnson : Films
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IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL with Dr. Robert A. Johnson
(Understanding Masculine Psychology)
54 minute DVD
“This DVD is beautiful and important.”
- Bob Dickens, Board Member, Charlotte Friends of Jung
"I've watched this film change many lives!"
- Linda Anson, Psychotherapist, Insight Art
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Filmed at Dr. Johnson's California home overlooking the Pacific ocean in 1991, this now classic film finds Dr. Johnson exploring the medieval myth of Parsifal and His Search for the Holy Grail as if it were an informative, collective dream. What can we learn from this archetypal story of the modern masculine hero? Dr. Johnson discusses many of the ideas presented in his best selling book HE, in addition to such topics as the power of dreams, the meaning of suffering, the Eastern world, India and enlightenment.
Dr. Johnson is a respected master of the interior human language. He honors a deep healing tradition learned in Zurich from the renowned Swiss Psychologist Dr. Carl Jung. Dr. Johnson studied with many of Jung’s closest associates including Emma Jung, Dr. Meier, Barbara Hannah, Toni Wolff and Marie-Louise von Franz. He also worked with Fritz Kunkel and Tony Sussman.
Dr. Johnson's public life as a psychoanalyst, lecturer and author has focused on teaching how one can find information about who we are and where we are going from our stories, myths and dreams. His books have reached millions of readers worldwide.
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Slender Threads
J. Pittman McGehee and Robert Johnson explore the range of his work and life experience, tracing the “slender threads” that have led him along his path.
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| Dr. Robert A. Johnson : Books
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Inner Gold
NEW RELEASE
The author of bestselling psychology classics He, She, and We, brings together teachings from medieval alchemy, Jungian psychology, early Christianity, and myth to explore projection, loneliness, fundamentalism, and the spiritual dimensions of psychology.
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Living Your Unlived Life
Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life.
Robert Johnson and Jerry Ruhl explore the essential developmental task for achieving true maturity—rectifying the loss of abandoned dreams and unrealized potentials to achieve our full potential.
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Click on book covers for information about the title.
     
     
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| Dr. Robert A. Johnson : Audio
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Dr. Robert A. Johnson : In India
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Robert often told his friends how he would unfold in India like a flower. Reentry into the West could be painful. |
Robert with his Coconut Man. Robert talks often about his street vender friend who “claimed” Robert on his first arrival in Pondicherry.
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Many work hard for very little in India. Robert was always very loyal to his rickshaw drivers. |
 
Robert and his Brahman friend Simanta Chatterjee soak each other in. They share a profound friendship. Robert sees Simanta as a proud example of Old India. |
In the early morning two young children sit quietly as their parents sleep. Robert would see them every morning on his way to breakfast. The family lives here with all their worldly possessions, on the sidewalk, outside the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Dinning Hall in Pondicherry. |
Robert at work on his book Transformation (which he considers to be his best) in his room at the Guest House of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. He would soon trade the typewriter in for a lap top. |
A shop boy in Pondicherry. Robert marvels at how India is able to produce so many truly happy people. |
Robert sitting as guest in the home a Hindu priest at the Shiva-Parvati temple Arunachaleswar in Tiruvanamali. |
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