Shadows along the spiritual pathway
Journal of Religion and Health March 21, 2015 Caroline Humphrey 4 citations
Spirituality that emphasizes only light and love overlooks humanity's dark side, and denying or repressing it can derail personal development, relationships, and spiritual movements. Transpersonal psychology provides tools to approach and reframe unconscious depths using metaphors of shadows and daimons, along with therapeutic practices that symbolically contain and transcend polarities. Without such integration, spirituality focused solely on holistic growth may produce the opposite of its intended effect.