Mary Mueller Shutan is a spiritual healer and teacher with an extensive background in Chinese Medicine, CranioSacral therapy, Zero Balancing, and energy work. She is the author of The Spiritual Awakening Guide, The Complete Cord Course, The Body Deva, and Managing Psychic Abilities. Mary lives near Chicago, Illinois.
Introduction
Part 1
Meeting the Shadow
1 Understanding the Shadow
2 The Self and the Ego
3 Defense Mechanisms of the Ego
4 The Benefits of Shadow Work
5 Helpful Tools
Part 2
Working with the Shadow
6 Developing Emotional Intelligence
7 Emotional Intelligence Tools
8 The World as Mirror
9 Understanding Our Play
10 Casting Roles
11 Recrafting Our Narrative
Part 3
Collective Shadows
12 Archetypal Figures
13 Animus and Anima
14 Loops
15 Understanding Collective Shadows
Part 4
Embracing the Other
(Essays and Contradictions)
16 Embracing Our Full Continuum
17 The Power of Being Ordinary
18 The Myth of Perfection
19 Moving beyond Forgiveness
20 Rediscovering the Child Self
21 Releasing the Shame of the Body
22 Recapturing Voice
23 Engaging the Deep Wild
24 Our Online Shadows
25 Fear of Death, Fear of Life
Afterword: Seeing the Beauty in the Dark
Further Reading
About the Author
