- ISBN: 9780062548474 | 0062548476
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/5/2010
Robert Bly, renowned poet and author of the ground-breaking bestseller Iron John, mingles essay and verse to explore the Shadow -- the dark side of the human personality -- and the importance of confronting it.
Robert Bly has done an excellent job of presenting the childhood origins of problems that plague people in their adult life. His concise and poetic writing allows for the easy understanding of what Carl Jung termed the human "shadow." This textbook helps to realize how the subconscious seeds of obsessive/compulsive behavior are planted early in life. Understanding the origins of behavior is very freeing from the guilt associated with addiction and is the first step in correcting undesireable actions.