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Finding The King Within: How to Access and Embody the Power, Authority and Leadership of Your Inner King Archetype
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.
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.
373 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2024
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