Some Resources - A Reading List:

Understanding Shadow:
“Owning Your Own Shadow” Robert Johnson
“A Little book about the Human Shadow” Robert Bly

Dream Symbols:
“The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images” - ARAS 

Existential Meaning:
“The Souls Code” James Hillman
“Man’s Search for Meaning” Victor Frankl

Caring For The Soul:
“Care of the Soul” Thomas Moore
“The Dark Night of the Soul” St John of the Cross

Circle Culture Resouces:
“On Water and Spirit” Malidome Patrice Somé 
“Falling Out Of Grace” Sobunfu Somé
Luisah Teich “Jambalaya”

Core Shamanic Resouces: 
“The Way of The Shaman” Micheal Harner
“Cave and Cosmos” Micheal Harner
“Emma’s Journey’s” Sandra Harner 

Divine Femininity Healing:
“Women who Run with the Wolves“ Chistina Pinkola Estés 
“Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul” Marion Woodman

Divine Masculinity Healing:
“King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Nature Masculine” Robert Moore, Douglas Gillette
“The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine“ Sophie Strand

Deeper Resources for Trauma Recovery:
“The Body Keeps the Score” Besel Van Der
“The Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors” Janina Fischer 
“Trauma and The Soul” Donald Kalsched

Case Studies for Life outside of Death:
“Journey Of Souls” Micheal Newton

Grief and Sorrow:
  “The Wild Edge of Sorrow” Francis Weller

"Grief is subversive, undermining the quiet agreement to behave and be in control of our emotions. It is an act of protest that declares our refusal to live numb and small. There is something feral about grief, something essentially outside the ordained and sanctioned behaviors of our culture. Because of that, grief is necessary to the vitality of the soul. Contrary to our fears, grief is suffused with life-force . . . . It is not a state of deadness or emotional flatness. Grief is alive, wild, untamed and cannot be domesticated. It resists the demands to remain passive and still. We move in jangled, unsettled, and riotous ways when grief takes hold of us. It is truly an emotion that rises from the soul."
~ Francis Weller / The Wild Edge of Sorrow.

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