King Warrior Magician Lover - Robert L Moore Douglas Gillette Kartoniert (TB)

The corporate yes man the wife-beater the hot-shot male junior executive and the emotionally distant father are all boys pretending to be men observe the authors of this liberating guide to self-transformation. Writing within a Jungian framework they perceive symptoms of Boycaps per book psychology all around us--in men's abusive behaviors passivity and inability to act creatively. To help males become more nurturing and mature Moore and Gillette identify four archetypes of masculine energies from myth and literature: the Lover brimming with vitality and sensitivity the Magician guide r of the processes of inner and outer transformation the selfless and wise King identified with Adam or primordial man and the Warrior whose energies often go awry in destructive activity. Dream analysis meditation Jungian active imagination and ritual processes are among the tools set forth in a clear concise map to territories of masculine selfhood. Moore is a professor of psychology and religion at Chicago's Theological Seminary Gillette is cofounder of the Chicago-based Institute for World Spirituality. Illustrated.