Meeting the Shadow

<b>Now updated with a new epilogue--an essential read for anyone interested in Shadow Work</b> <p/>Cheating... lying ... jealousy ... blaming ... greed ... shame... These forbidden feelings and behaviors erupt from the dark denied part of ourselves-the personal shadow. But they erupt with a purpose: They are trying to tell us their secrets. <p/><i>Meeting the Shadow</i> is a landmark collection of 65 wide-ranging essays by thought leaders - including Carl Jung Joseph Campbell Ken Wilber James Hillman Susan Griffin Harville Hendrix--on the dark side of human nature as it appears in families intimate relationships sexuality work spirituality politics therapy and creativity. It presents tools for <i>Shadow Work </i>that enable us to make a conscious relationship with the shadow defuse negative emotions release guilt and shame achieve a genuine self-acceptance and heal our relationships. <p/>Although we think of the shadow as containing only darkness as Jung stated its essence is pure gold. <p/>One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious. -C.G. Jung