
Romancing the Shadow
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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.
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Connie Zweig, Ph.D., author of the award-winning book The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, co-author of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow, and author of Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in Our Search for Awakening, and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Story of Sufi Poet Rumi. Podcaster on Dr. Neil's Spiritual Awakening to Non-Duality with her husband. Available on all podcast platforms.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction to Shadow-Work
- Our Stories
- Connie's Story: A Tale of Shadow-Work
- Steve's Story: A Tale of Shadow-Work
- Chapter 1. Me and My Shadow
- Meeting the Shadow: Abusers, Abandoners, Addicts, Critics, Thieves
- Romancing the Shadow: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- Tracing the Roots of the Shadow in Personal Psychology
- Defending Ourselves with Shields: Power, Sex, Money, Addiction
- Tracing the Roots of the Shadow in Culture
- The Shadow as Redeemer: Finding Gold in the Dark Side
- Chapter 2. The Family Shadow: Cradle of the Best and the Worst
- The Missing Ingredient: Family Soul
- Sins of our Fathers and Mothers: Shame, Envy, Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, and Self-Hate
- Family Secrets: The Sacrifice of Authenticity
- Shadow Sisters/Shadow Brothers
- Sexual Shadows: Incest and Initiation
- Money Shadows: Inheritance, Self-Worth, and Greediness
- Leaving the Family Home: Cultivating Individual and Family Soul
- Chapter 3. A Parent's Betrayal as Initiation into Shadow
- The Father's Son: Reclaiming Feminine Shadow
- The Mother's Son (the Puer): Reclaiming Masculine Shadow
- The Mother's Daughter: Reclaiming Masculine Shadow
- The Father's Daughter: Reclaiming Feminine Shadow
- Reclaiming Masculine and Feminine Soul
- Chapter 4. Looking for the Beloved: Dating as Shadow-Work
- Shame and the single person
- Single Women and the Shadow
- Single Men and the Shadow
- An Archetypal Perspective on Dating
- Dating: the Shadow's Search for Shelter
- A Story of Dating as Shadow-Work
- Sex, Money, and Power Shadows
- Sexual Shadows: Erotic Intoxication and Risky Behavior
- Money Shadows: Success Objects and Successful Fathers
- Power Shadows: Victims and Victimizers
- Introducing Crises of Commitment
- Crisis of Commitment: When to have Sex
- Chapter 5. Shadow-Boxing: Wrestling with Romantic Partners
- Meeting the Other: Projections Hit Their Targets
- Compensating the Other: Two Parts Make a Whole
- Partners as Parents: The Psychology of Love
- Partners as Gods: The Archetypes of Love
- The Breakdown of Projections: Meeting the Witch and the Tyrant
- Power Shadows: Shaming, Deprivation, and Entitlement
- Sexual Shadows: Demanding and Withholding Intimacy
- An Archetypal Perspective on Romance
- When Relationships End: The Shadow's Moving Target
- Redefining Successful Relationship: From Shadow-Boxing to Shadow-Dancing
- Chapter 6. Shadow-Dancing Till Death Do Us Part
- The Third Body: The Soul of the Relationship
- Meeting the Beloved: Taking Projections Home
- French and Turkish: The Art of Conscious Communication
- Crisis of Commitment: Moving in, Becoming Engaged
- The Ex-Spouse Complex
- Crisis of Commitment: The Shadow Marriage
- Power Shadows: Anger and Depression, Withholding and Witchiness
- Sexual Shadows: Compulsions, Affairs, and Demon Lovers
- Money Shadows: from Dating to Commitment
- Crisis of Commitment: Having a Child
- Relationship as a Vehicle for Soul Work
- Chapter 7. Shadows Among Friends: Envy, Anger, and Betrayal
- The Loss of the Loyal Friend
- Soul Friends/Shadow Friends
- Meeting the Other: Friends as Parents, Friends as Gods
- An Archetypal Perspective on Friendship
- Women and Men as Friends: Dangers and Delights
- Sexual Shadows: Triangles and Loyalty Wars
- Power Shadows: Superiority and Inferiority
- Money Shadows: Shame, Class, and the Myth of Equality
- Racism and Addiction Between Friends
- Redefining Successful Friendship: A Vehicle for Soul Work
- Chapter 8. The Shadow at Work: The Search for Soul on the Job
- The Loss of Soulful Work: The Myth of Sisyphus
- The Promises of Shadow-Work: Nurturing Soul on the Job
- A Portrait of the New Employee: A Sufi Tale
- Meeting the Shadow of Workaholism: Overcoming the Inner Tyrant
- Meeting the Other in a Company Hierarchy: Healing Family Patterns
- Meeting the Other in a Collaboration: Taking Projections Home
- An Archetypal Perspective on Work
- Power Shadows: Denying Power, Abusing Power
- Sexual Shadows: Corporate Harassment and Sex in Therapy
- Money Shadows: The Mistaken Grail
- Redefining Successful Work as Soulful Work
- Chapter 9. Midlife as Descent to the Underworld and Ascent of the Lost Gods
- Meeting the Shadow at Midlife: The Promise of Renewal
- Midlife as the Emergence of New Priorities: Steve's Story
- Midlife as Descent to the Underworld: Connie's Story
- The Call of the Self: Inanna's Story
- The Changing of the Gods: Reimagining Midlife Depression
- Bodily Symptoms as Shadow Speaking
- Reclaiming the Unlived Life: The Resurrection of Lost Gods
- Epilogue
- A Shadow-Work Handbook
- Who's Who in Greek Myth: From Aphrodite to Zeus
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
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