The Shadow

Poet Robert Bly described the human shadow as a black bag we drag behind us full of discarded, disowned, and unknown parts of ourselves. So what is the shadow? How does it affect our day to day life, and how do we work with it?

What are the dangers of not "cleaning up" our shadow? We cannot become fully integrated when parts of ourselves aren't even conscious.

Host, John Moore describes the shadow and how it is a driving force in our lives. After defining the shadow, he talks about how to become aware of what's in our shadows as a step towards integrating the disowned parts.

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About the Podcast

Speaking Spirit

Uncover ancient wisdom, deepen your spiritual practice, and transform your life.

Welcome to Speaking Spirit, a podcast dedicated to helping you unlock your spiritual power and transform your life. Our host, spiritual teacher John Moore, will explore ancient wisdom and spiritual practices in each episode, from magick and meditation to mindfulness and the divine feminine. Listeners will gain profound insights to help them deepen their spiritual practice, realize abundance, and create a life of joy and fulfillment. Dive into this podcast to uncover the secrets of the divine and unlock the power of your true self.

About your host

John Moore

John Moore is an irreverent spiritual teacher and shamanic practitioner. Having spent over two decades in the corporate world as a computer scientist, John entered a "dark night of the soul." This manifested as a mental, physical, and spiritual crisis. This crisis, as John would learn later, was an archetypal call to shamanic initiation.

John dove headfirst into the practice of shamanism, looking to his Celtic and Norse ancestral line. He has explored altered states of consciousness, becoming a certified hypnotherapist and meditation instructor.

John considers himself a guide, not a guru - helping people find the path towards their own connection to the divine.