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Owning Your Own Shadow

Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche

by Robert A. Johnson

An exploration of the dark or hidden aspect of the persona--what it is, how it originates, how it is formed, and how it can be used to bring wholeness to the personality. Now in trade paperback.

Zweig, former executive editor of Brain/Mind Bulletin, and Abrams, a Jungian therapist, offer a provocative collection of more than 60 brief pieces (most of them extracts from longer works) exploring the "shadow," the part of the unconscious self that a conscious mind sees as undesirable and tries to define as the "other." Christine Downing considers how a person might project the shadow self onto a same-sex... (more)

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

by Howard Rheingold, Stephen Laberge

This book goes far beyond the confines of pop dream psychology,establishing a scientifically researched framework for using lucid dreaming--that is, consciously influencing the outcome of your dreams. Based on Dr. Stephen LaBerge's extensive laboratory work at Stanford University mapping mind/body relationships during the dream state, as well as the teachings of Tibetan dream yogis and the work of other... (more)

Dark Moon Mysteries: Wisdom, Power, and Magic of the Shadow World

Dark Moon Mysteries: Wisdom, Power, and Magic of the Shadow World

by Timothy Roderick

This is one of the rare books on magic written in a concise manner rather than with intentional vagueness or a cryptic tone. I imagine this is due, in part, to Roderick's theory that the darker side of the psyche should be explored rather than hidden. With plenty of documentation and references to back up his work, Roderick fuses ideas from witchcraft with Jungian psychology to show how embracing the dark ... (more)

Dreamgates: An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death

Dreamgates: An Explorer's Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death

by Robert Moss

Shamanic practitioner, dream explorer, and author of "Conscious Dreaming" Robert Moss provides exciting, new conscious dreamwork techniques that can launch readers into other worlds and the furthest reaches of their imaginations.

Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves

Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves

by James Hollis

Working with the Shadow is not working with evil, per se. It is working toward the possibility of greater wholeness. We will never experience healing until we can come to love our unlovable places, for they, too, ask love of us. How is it that good people do bad things? Why is our personal story and our societal history so bloody, so repetitive, so injurious to self and others? How do we make... (more)

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