Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Finding Gold in the Dark Side

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Zweig, Connie

Wolf, Steve

Self-Help

Harpercollins

Relationships

HarperCollins, Publishers

Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore, but which can erupt in hurtful ways. As therapists Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf show in this landmark book, the shadow can actually be a source of emotional richness and vitality, and acknowledging it can be a pathway to healing and an authentic life. "Romancing the shadow"--meeting your dark side, beginning to understand its unconscious messages, and learning to use its powerful energies in productive ways--is the challenging and exciting soul work that Zweig and Wolf offer in this practical, rewarding guide. Drawing on the timeless teachings of Carl Jung and compelling stories from their clinical practices, Zweig and Wolf reveal how the shadow guides your choices in love, sex, marriage, friendship, work, and family life. With their innovative method, you can uncover the unique patterns and purpose of your shadow and learn to defuse negative emotions; reclaim forbidden or lost feelings; achieve greater self-acceptance; heal betrayal; reimagine and re-create relationships; cultivate compassion for others; renew creative expressions; and find purpose in your suffering. The shadow knows why good people sometimes do bad things. Romancing the shadow and learning to read the messages it encodes in daily life can deepen your consciousness, imagination, and soul.

Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Wolf, Steven

Mental Health

Wellspring/Ballantine

"Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure." – Rumi In every tradition, saints and poets speak of the soul's search for the beloved, the seeker's yearning for the divine. This holy longing, a secret feeling with many disguises, leads us to pursue religious discipleship, spiritual practice, romantic union, or an ideal community. It guides us to timeless wisdom and transcendent experience. But it also can go awry, when we misplace it onto objects, such as food, alcohol, drugs, or sex, believing that they will satisfy our craving. Or when we misplace it onto an authoritarian personality, believing that he or she will meet our unmet needs. If this teacher or priest abuses power, we encounter the shadow side of spiritual life. Whether the abuse is sexual, financial, or emotional coercion, we may feel forsaken and lose faith, even in God. The Holy Longing tells the stories of teachers in many traditions – Sufi poet Rumi, Hindu master Ramakrishna, Christian saint Catherine of Siena – whose lives unfolded as they followed their longing. And it tells the tales of many ordinary people – Catholic believers, students of Zen and TM, followers of Trungpa Rinpoche and Rajneesh – and their encounters with spiritual shadow. Finally, it offers wise counsel for rekindling the flame of faith-moving through the shadow to the light – by reclaiming sacred parts of the self that were lost along the way.

The Holy Longing: Spiritual Yearning and Its Shadow Side

Religion & Spirituality

iUniverse

A groundbreaking guide to spiritual development examines Jung's concept of the dark side of our collective unconscious and shows how to transform that shadow into a path to spiritual enlightenment. Read by Connie Zweig & Steve Wolf. Simultaneous.

Romancing the Shadow: Illuminating the Dark Side of the Soul

Simon & Schuster Audio

In A Moth to the Flame, the first novel about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, based on original sources in both Farsi and English, we discover the key moments that shaped his genius. Although this story happened a long time ago, during another time of war between Islam and the West, this tale of an individual life fully lived is the tale of every life. In the tradition of Siddhartha or The Last Temptation of Christ, his story is the mythic story of the human soul. We watch his faith tested, and we witness his meeting with the beloved which overturned his world and led, eventually, to his union with God. For centuries Rumi has remained alive in the hearts of millions around the world. His story, as told in this novel, burns like a torch of inspiration for us all.

A Moth to the Flame: The Story of the Great Sufi Poet Rumi

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Essays by psychologists, feminists, and scholars discuss the changing role of women, the development of conscious femininity, female-initiated divorce, the return to motherhood, and female-centered spirituality

To Be a Woman

Psychology & Counseling

Tarcher

The Moth To The Flame

Contemporary

Beloved Books

“I do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; I seek the things they sought.” —Basho In every tradition, saints and poets speak of the soul’s search for the beloved, the seeker’s yearning for the divine. This holy longing is a secret feeling with many disguises, leading us to pursue a higher union in spiritual practice, religious discipleship, even romantic embrace. It guides us to timeless wisdom and transcendent experiences. But it also can go awry when we misplace it onto food, alcohol, drugs, or sex. Or when we project it onto an authoritarian teacher, priest, guru, or roshi who abuses power. Whether the abuse is sexual, financial, or emotional coercion, we feel the shock of betrayal, our innocence lost, our faith shaken. This book tells the stories of renowned teachers—Sufi poet Rumi, Hindu master Ramakrishna, Christian saint Catherine of Siena—whose lives unfolded as they followed their longing. And it tells the tales of contemporary teachers of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism, who acted out their shadows in destructive ways, leaving their followers traumatized and lost. Both faithful seekers who feel hopeful and inspired and disillusioned seekers who feel hopeless and disoriented will find wise counsel here and will retrace the narrow path through the darkness toward the light.

Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

A study on the human quest for religious participation is drawn from the author's work with clients of all denominations and identifies the factors that motivate people to spiritual expression, citing the benefits and risks of participating in organized religion. 15,000 first printing.

The Holy Longing: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Yearning

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

TarcherPerigee

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