Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche | 
pickCatching up on belated reviews (still)… I read this for my spiritual direction program back in March.
I don‘t have much of a background in psychology, so this was a great intro to the Jungian idea of the shadow: the aspects of ourselves, both good & bad, that we unconsciously hide or suppress. There‘s a lot packed into this slim volume, and I was surprised by—but appreciated—the connections Johnson makes to faith ⤵️
BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …and the role that spirituality plays in the realm of the shadow. I was especially intrigued by the concept of the “mandorla”—the overlap between seeming binaries, where they can be held together in the mystery of paradox. 6d
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