Robert A. Johnson
Born
in PORTLAND, The United States
May 26, 1921
Died
September 12, 2018
Genre
Influences
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Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
26 editions
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1991
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He: Understanding Masculine Psychology
41 editions
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1974
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Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
30 editions
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1986
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She: Understanding Feminine Psychology
40 editions
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1976
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We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
39 editions
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1945
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Inner Gold: Understanding Psychological Projection
15 editions
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2008
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The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden: Understanding the Wounded Feeling Function in Masculine and Feminine Psychology
13 editions
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published
1993
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Balancing Heaven and Earth: A Memoir of Visions, Dreams, and Realizations
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7 editions
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1998
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Ecstasy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy
17 editions
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1987
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Transformation: Understanding the Three Levels of Masculine Consciousness
7 editions
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1991
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“When we find ourselves in a midlife depression, suddenly hate our spouse, our jobs, our lives – we can be sure that the unlived life is seeking our attention. When we feel restless, bored, or empty despite an outer life filled with riches, the unlived life is asking for us to engage. To not do this work will leave us depleted and despondent, with a nagging sense of ennui or failure. As you may have already discovered, doing or acquiring more does not quell your unease or dissatisfaction. Neither will “meditating on the light” or attempting to rise above the sufferings of earthly existence. Only awareness of your shadow qualities can help you to find an appropriate place for your unredeemed darkness and thereby create a more satisfying experience. To not do this work is to remain trapped in the loneliness, anxiety, and dualistic limits of the ego instead of awakening to your higher calling.”
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“Though no one notices at the time, in-loveness obliterates the humanity of the beloved. One does a curious kind of insult to another by falling in love with him, for we are really looking at our own projection of God, not at the other person. If two people are in love, they tread on star dust for a time and live happily ever after—that is so long as this experience of divinity has obliterated time for them. Only when they come down to earth do they have to look at each other realistically and only then does the possibility of mature love exist. If one person is in love and the other not, the cooler one is likely to say, "We would have something better between us if you would look at me rather than at your image of me.”
― Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
― Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
“...it is almost always the case that whatever has wounded you will also be instrumental in your healing.”
― She: Understanding Feminine Psychology
― She: Understanding Feminine Psychology
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