The magician within : accessing the shaman in the male psyche

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-291) and index..

Preface: The magician in the masculine soul. Part 1 - Hard wiring: the masculine soul. 1 Gender identity, gender asymmetry, and the sexual imbalance of power. 2 Decoding the male psyche. Part 2 - Images of the masculine magician. 3 The shamanic gradition: the birdman's descendants. 4 Images of the magican in myth and history. 5 Understanding sacred space and time. 6 The way of the magician: the ritual elder as steward of human wisdom and transformative process. Part 3 - The uninitiated magician: malfunctions and shadow forms. 7 The master of denial: the innocent one. 8 The trickster: the detached manipulator. Part 4 - Becoming a shaman: the challenge of masculine magician initiation. 9 The shamanic potential in contemporary men: the challenge of magician initiation. 10 The sorcerer's apprentice: accessing and mastering magician potentials. 11 Becoming an earthshaman: stewarding masculine magician potentials for a post-tribal human community. Appendices. A - Decoding the diamond body: beyond Jung. B - Archetypes and the limbic system. C - Archetypes and the anima

'...explores the psyche's spiritual side and its qualities of insight, wisdom, and healing.'

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