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The King Within

Accessing the King in the Male Psyche

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The King Within

By: Douglas Gillette
Narrated by: David Dukes
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In this pioneering contribution to the men's movement, Robert Moore, a Jungian psychoanalyst and Douglas Gillette, a mythologist, examine the inner "King"—one of the four archetypes of the male psyche. The King Within both responds to the needs formulated by the men's movement and addresses the larger questions of male psychology. The inner King integrates power and nurturing, firmness and caring, courage and creativity, self-affirmation and self-sacrifice. From a central position between the world of imagination and the world of action, each man is challenged to take up his own scepter, to dream, and to make those dreams come true.

©1992 Robert Moore (P)1992 Phoenix Books, Inc.
Gender Studies Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences Thought-Provoking
Profound Psychological Insights • Valuable Masculine Wisdom • Awesome Narration • Transformative Life Concepts

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Awesome narration. Useful, often bizarre, frequently laugh-out-loud, content. Highly recommended! Background in psychology will help appreciate more. The King framework here creates useful heuristics to guide action and introspection, I might suggest 'intentional change theory' as a supplement

profoundly good-bad,entertaining: Don't miss it

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Very good and interesting concepts about men’s role in society and how to develop one’s masculinity in a “generative” and healthy way!

Very Enlightening book for men

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This book really hit a heart and spiritual connection with a force to be on science religion and ideas. And it shows that we have all the best intentions if we were to just choose to. It really reminded me of another book from Jordan Peterson the 12 rules for life.

Excellent book on heart and intentions

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Really good stuff. I see a lot of the problems mentioned in myself and now I know what I need to fix and more or less how to do it. Although, it will take much effort on my part. Makes me want to read the unabridged version for more insight on the ideas

Great starting point

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This will take many of times over to fully digest. What a book and message.

Phenomenal

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