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Angie Murphy's avatar

There are so many gems in your substack alone Alyssa - this is enough for my initial digestion. It makes sense also in relation to Dr Bernardo Kastrup’s theory re. Consciousness and analytical idealism which I have been exploring recently 🙏

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

Does he touch on that idea in Decoding Jung's Metaphysics?

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Angie Murphy's avatar

🙌 yes

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

I haven’t had the chance to read it yet but I’ve heard good things!

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Hallie Swan's avatar

Which one is your favorite? I'm familiar with the man and his symbols and meeting the shadow. Both came across as pretty dense when I first tried them. Have you found any jungian work about shadow, dreams, and symbols that feels pretty approachable and easy to read?

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

I’d actually recommend checking out more accessible Jungian writers like James Hollis and Robert Johnson.

For example, from Johnson, there’s Inner Work (on dreams and active imagination) and also Owning Your Own Shadow.

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Hallie Swan's avatar

Thank you!! 🙏🏻

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Nienke Berkenbosch's avatar

Great piece, Alyssa! Thanks for sharing. It led me to your podcast, and I’m excited to listen and learn more. I wanted to mention another book that might resonate with this work, it’s from the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd tradition, called Feeding Your Demons. It offers a beautiful way of approaching shadow work and has really helped me face mine.... (I actually wrote a short Substack about it, in case it interests you 🙂

https://aporialab.substack.com/p/feeding-your-demons )

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Nienke! I've heard of Feeding Your Demons but haven't practiced it before. Thanks for the recommendation and article, I'll check it out!

Hope you enjoy the podcast :)

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Yasha Karda's avatar

Great list, but one book is direly missing: “Romancing the Shadow” by Zweig and Wolf. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182167.Romancing_the_Shadow It’s mostly about how Shadow influences relationships – both romantic and not, and how to live fuller lifer by making it conscious. It’s also a great read for anyone that love myths of Ancient Greece, the book speaks their language!

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

Great recommendation!

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Angie Murphy's avatar

The shadow as the entirety of the unconscious! Of course & I’m also floored - ☘️really appreciate your recommendations Alyssa. Angie

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

It's stuck with me ever since :)

If you havre another subject you'd like to see some book recommendations on, let me know!

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Effy Winter-Rosson's avatar

Thank you for sharing these, Alyssa! Looking forward to exploring this topic more (and hoping to learn more about nightmares in the future!).

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Alyssa Polizzi's avatar

Yes, nightmares have been in my mind! Have you read any books on the topic that you recommend?

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