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Further reading

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.

01 · Books
A Little Book on the Human Shadow
Robert Bly

The short, much-quoted essay that gave Shadow Work the metaphor of the long bag we drag behind us. A good first read.

Practically Shameless: How Shadow Work Helped Me Find My Voice, My Path, and My Inner Gold
Alyce Barry

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.

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette

The book from which the Four Directions take their archetypal names. Dense in places, but the four-quarter map is laid out clearly.

Meeting the Shadow
Connie Zweig & Jeremiah Abrams (eds.)

An anthology of essays on the shadow from Jungian and post-Jungian writers. The work of Connie Zweig is particularly recommended.

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Carl G. Jung

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.

02 · Articles & interviews
Karen Krizanovich · The Sunday Times

Magazine profile of a Shadow Work weekend, written by a first-time participant.

Interview with John Kurk
Alyce Barry, in conversation with one of Europe's first practitioners

On how Shadow Work crossed the Atlantic, what changed in the room over the years, and why people keep coming back.

Trésors de l'ombre
Miriam Gablier · Inexploré (FR)

French-language piece on Shadow Work for a general readership.

03 · Sister sites
shadowwork.com

The originator's site — Shadow Work Seminars, North America.

shadowworktrainingeurope.com

The European training body — Basic, Advanced, and specialisation tracks.

shadowwork.de

German-language site.

shadowwork.ru

Russian-language site.

goldenopportunities.org.uk

John & Nicola Kurk — the practitioners who brought the work to Europe.

travaildelombre.de

French-language site serving France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

Have a piece of writing or a resource we should add? Please write to the Association — we curate this list slowly and read every suggestion.