For people who want to read further.
A short list of books, articles, and sister sites that practitioners reach for when someone asks what to read next. Not exhaustive — chosen.
The short, much-quoted essay that gave Shadow Work the metaphor of the long bag we drag behind us. A good first read.
First-person account of going through the work, written by someone who eventually trained in it. Useful for anyone wondering what the room actually feels like.
The book from which the Four Directions take their archetypal names. Dense in places, but the four-quarter map is laid out clearly.
An anthology of essays on the shadow from Jungian and post-Jungian writers. The work of Connie Zweig is particularly recommended.
Jung's own account of his inner life. Not a primer on Shadow Work, but the source from which the language of the shadow and the archetypes was drawn.
Magazine profile of a Shadow Work weekend, written by a first-time participant.
On how Shadow Work crossed the Atlantic, what changed in the room over the years, and why people keep coming back.
French-language piece on Shadow Work for a general readership.
The originator's site — Shadow Work Seminars, North America.
The European training body — Basic, Advanced, and specialisation tracks.
German-language site.
Russian-language site.
John & Nicola Kurk — the practitioners who brought the work to Europe.
French-language site serving France, Belgium, and Switzerland.
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