Jun 15, 2018
What are the benefits of processing & engaging your shadow?
Psychologist C. G. Jung once said that all change is experienced by the ego as a death. It’s a long, slow process to develop into the person we are. Abraham Lincoln once remarked that he didn’t like a man’s face. When his companion criticized him, saying “he can’t help his face,” Lincoln answered calmly that “after a certain age, every man is responsible for his face.” In other words, we are each responsible for our lives; the moral choices we make throughout the course of our lives are reflected in us so deeply that others can see them in our face, our voice, our walk, our every action.
The Outer Limits of Inner Truth proudly presents “Facing The Dragon Within: Processing & Engaging Your Shadow.” This show will focus on a unique means to bring peace & healing unto yourself and in doing do, will heal those around you and the world itself. The program features interviews with Dr. James Hollis, Metaphysical Teacher & Healer Jeff Casper, and Metaphysical Teacher & Healer Jona Bryndis.
What is the Shadow? [From Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D.]
The shadow, said celebrated Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung, is the
unknown ‘‘dark side’’ of our personality–-dark both because it
tends to consist predominantly of the primitive, negative, socially
or religiously depreciated human emotions and impulses like sexual
lust, power strivings, selfishness, greed, envy, anger or rage, and
due to its unenlightened nature, completely obscured from
consciousness. Whatever we deem evil, inferior or unacceptable and
deny in ourselves becomes part of the shadow, the counterpoint to
what Jung called the persona or conscious ego personality.
According to Jungian analyst Aniela Jaffe, the shadow is the ‘‘sum of all personal and collective psychic elements which, because of their incompatibility with the chosen conscious attitude, are denied expression in life’’ (cited in Diamond, p. 96). Indeed, Jung differentiated between the personal shadow and the impersonal or archetypal shadow, which acknowledges transpersonal, pure or radical evil (symbolized by the Devil and demons) and collective evil, exemplified by the horror of the Nazi holocaust. Literary and historical figures like Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson, and Darth Vader personify the shadow embodied in its most negative archetypal human form.
About Dr. James Hollis
James Hollis, Ph. D., was born in Springfield, Illinois, graduated
from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He
taught Humanities 26 years in various colleges and universities
before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of
Zurich, Switzerland (1977-82). He is presently a licensed Jungian
analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served as
Executive Director of the Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas
for many years and now is Executive Director of the Washington Jung
Society. He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the
Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was first Director of
Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice-President
Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. Additionally he is a Professor
of Jungian Studies for Saybrook University of San
Francisco/Houston.
About Jeff Casper
Jeff is an energy worker who has the ability to shift his
perception through various levels to help a person’s own energetic
self clear blocks, help repair energy systems and work to bring
balance to an individual’s energetic system. He also is shown
various energetic patterns or connections within the individual
that can help them go further if they are willing to diligently
work on themselves. This energy work can be a very helpful step in
advancing an individual’s personal and spiritual evolution by
better understanding the deeper levels of their energy system.
About Jona Bryndis
Jona is founder and owner of transCODES. She was born in Iceland
and grew up in Germany, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in
Chemistry, Computer Science and later in International Business.
She started her professional career as consultant in the emerging
computer industry and later became an instructor, coach and
motivational speaker. She published articles, co-authored some
magazines, had TV appearances, and worked as teacher, public
speaker for a Children’s nutrition related non-profit organization
and founded a holistic tutoring school in 2009. The teachings that
influenced her the most are those of Richard Bandler, Stuart Wilde,
Lyn Buchanan, Dr. David R. Hawkins, Khris Krepcik and Patricia
St.Clair. She is a certified trainer and coach of the SaintClairs
International School for Remote Healing and is working on her
combined Master’s Degree and PhD in Metaphysics through the
International University of Metaphysics in Sedona since 2005.
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