Finding The King Within: How to Access and Embody the Power, Authority and Leadership of Your Inner King Archetype Paperback – 25 Aug. 2024
This book is probably the most detailed explanation of the King archetype so far written. It offers everyone, regardless of their level of experience or knowledge, new insights and new perspectives, and provides a detailed yet easily understood description of the role of the King archetype in men’s psyche and the wider world today. As author Rod Boothroyd points out early in this book, what our modern world requires is not autocratic, controlling or even dictatorial kings, but a new model of Kingship which combines personal power, leadership and authority in a heart centred framework.
Rod starts our journey towards a full understanding of modern kingship by describing the human shadow, in both its dark and light (or “golden”) forms, explains how Shadow Work can heal the emotional wounding we’ve all experienced, and shows how Shadow Work lives up to its promise in offering us a powerful and profound system of personal growth and development.
Rod then moves on to depict the archetypal model of the personality, describing clearly, for a modern audience, the classic Jungian archetypal model of Warrior, Magician, Lover and King. He provides us with a detailed explanation of the Warrior, Magician and Lover archetypes, and also the shadow that arises in each of them because of our life experience, whether that’s been good or bad. He shows us how this shadow can disrupt our lives, and offers suggestions about how each archetype can be brought back into balance so that we can live a stable and emotionally well-balanced life.
But the major importance of this book lies in its extensive and profound examination of the King archetype. Rod’s belief is that only by growing our Kingship, both individually and collectively in our society, can we hope to control our lives, and develop a safe and prosperous future that is emotionally rich, rewarding and wholesome.
Rod shows us why the King archetype is the one most needed in the world right now – yet also, sadly, the one most lacking. He offers hope to every one of us who is seeking a fuller, more satisfying life by explaining exactly how we can energize and grow our own Inner King so we can embody the Kingly qualities we didn’t learn from our fathers,
grandfathers and male role models in society. In the process Rod explains how each of us can become a powerful leader in our own worlds, and by doing so, get greater control over our lives, develop a sense of purpose, mission and meaning, and establish loving relationships with all those around us – and with ourselves. This book provides a counterpoint to gloom, misery, lack of hope and negative thinking, because the final section of the book is packed with proven, practical, effective and powerful techniques to grow and develop your own strong Inner King archetype. All of which means this book is both a guide to navigate your way through the world and a powerful handbook of techniques that will allow you to become self-sufficient, self-reliant, and a positive influence on all the people in your world, and way beyond. Not just a King in your own world, in fact, but a heart centred leader and a model of mature masculinity to those around you.
Warrior, Magician, Lover, King: A Guide To The Male Archetypes Updated For The 21st Century: A guide to men's archetypes, emotions, and the development of the mature masculine in the world today.
This exciting new book describes the male archetypes of Warrior, Magician, Lover and King in a way designed for a 21st century audience. The author explains the characteristics of each archetype in its balanced form, as well as the inflated and deflated forms which can result from the emotional wounding we experience during childhood. If you’ve ever had difficulty understanding why you behave in the way you do, this book will provide you with clear answers. The book will also be a revelation for you if you feel like you have less control over your thoughts, feelings and emotions than you would like. The author starts by explaining the nature of the archetypes, what they are, and how they would develop in an ideal upbringing. Of course, none of us have a totally ideal upbringing; we’re all emotionally wounded to some degree. These wounds continue to play out in our adult relationships, often in a way which seems like a complete mystery. The author explains how our personalities develop as we grow up and pass through childhood. He shows how we are affected, for better or worse, by the behavior of the people around us during childhood. He also explains the consequences of more profound childhood problems such as lack of love, praise or affection, and more severe neglect. All of this adds up to a route map which will help you understand exactly why you sometimes find life challenging and difficult as an adult. Of course, this is only part of the story – but it is an essential one, because before any emotional healing or personal development work can take place, we have to understand what went wrong in the first place. The author shows us how, as adults, we have many options open to us which we can use to restore our natural personality to its full magnificence. This kind of emotional healing work requires some courage, but the author shows us where we can find the people and places who can safely guide us as we take “the road less travelled”: the path we need to follow to become who we were always meant to be, before the world got in the way. A modern book, a book for the 21st century, this is a work that will inspire, excite and inform, as well as provide you with many of the answers you seek.
Even if you don’t want to embark on a journey of self-development with the help of professional facilitators, you’ll find the book invaluable as you discover each archetype can express itself in its finest form, fully balanced and emotionally whole once more. Although this is billed as a book for men, most of what is written here is really relevant for women as well – because women too have the same basic archetypes as men. This book comes highly recommended as a practical, down to earth, and instantly usable manual for good emotional health. It is a book designed both for our times and for our current challenges.
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