Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature

Jeremiah Abrams; Connie Zweig

ISBN 10: 087477618X / ISBN 13: 9780874776188

Published by Tarcher, 1991

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G087477618XI3N10

Synopsis:

The author offers exploration of self and practical guidance dealing with the dark side of personality based on Jung's concept of "shadow," or the forbidden and unacceptable feelings and behaviors each of us experience. 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 sibling, while Maggie Scarf describes the ways in which husbands and wives can do the same thing: one spouse, for instance, expressing anger for the spouse who shuns the hostile feelings, turning an "intrapsychic problem" into "interpersonal conflict." Jerome S. Bernstein looks at this phenomenon in collective terms: the U.S. sees its darker self in the Soviet Union and vice versa. Many of the contributors note the dangers of ignoring one's own shadow, and the volume concludes with texts that discuss ways of coming to terms with it. Ken Wilber suggests that people should try to recognize and play out aspects of their rejected selves in order to heal "the split between persona and cap is correct/pk Shadow."

About the Author: Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is also author of Romancing the Shadow; Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path; The Inner Work of Age; and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Story of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her Podcast, Dr. Neil's Spiritual Awakening to Non-Duality, posts on all platforms.

Jeremiah Abrams worked as a Jungian therapist in Northern California and retreat leader in Ubud, Bali, until 2022.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the ...
Publisher: Tarcher
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket