'The Treasures of Darkness'*: Working with the Shadow in Spiritual Direction
In spiritual direction, moments of crisis often bring people face to face with aspects of themselves they would rather not see. This reflection explores the place of the Shadow in the spiritual life, and why engaging honestly with what we repress or deny can become a vital part of spiritual growth and transformation. Drawing on Jungian psychology and long experience in spiritual direction, I reflect on how working with the Shadow can become a source not of shame, but of heali
Sacred Cains
On the home page of my website is a picture of a cairn. Cairns are piles of stone placed one on top of the other to mark key events such as battles, burial sites, mark trails, or remember sacred or important events. They have an impermanence as they fall apart with the onslaught of the elements of life, inviting us to touch and interact with them, to rebuild them anew. In a similar way we build inner cairns to mark key moments in our lives - recalling important people, plac
