The King Within: A Study in Masculine Psychology

by Robert L. Moore

One of the four archetypes of the mature male psyche described by Robert Moore—King, Warrior, Magician and Lover—the King is the central archetype in the masculine psyche. Without dis-identification from this archetype—and without a dynamic connection to it—a man will be immobilized by grandiosity, lost in depression, and bereft of a sense of meaning, just order, and connection with the creative springs of the psyche. The mature King is able to empower others as well as himself.

Robert Moore’s course covers the following topics:
• The Sacred King in Myth, Folklore and Religion
• The Role of the King in Masculine Selfhood
• Psychopathology and the King
• Healing the King: Resources from Analysis, Ritual and Human Spirituality

Product #: RM16mp3

Genres: Psychology

MP3 CD

About the author

Robert L. Moore (August 13, 1942 - June 18, 2016) was an American Jungian analyst and consultant in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He was the Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the Chicago Theological Seminary; a training analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago; and director of research for the Institute for the Science of Psychoanalysis. Author and editor of numerous books in psychology and spirituality, he lectured internationally on his formulation of a Neo-Jungian paradigm for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He was working on Structural Psychoanalysis and Integrative Psychotherapy: A Neo-Jungian Paradigm at the time of his death.

Dr Robert Moore was an internationally recognized psychotherapist and consultant in private practice in Chicago. Although he worked with both men and women, and was considered one of the leading therapists specializing in psychotherapy with men because of his discovery of the Archetypal Dynamics of the Masculine Self (King, Warrior, Magician, Lover). He served as Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the Graduate Center of the Chicago Theological Seminary, and has served as a Training Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. He is Co-founder of the Chicago Center for Integrative Psychotherapy.

Reviews

[Reece · Rating 4 out of 5]

A terribly useful audio companion to the (1992) book of almost same title. It seems this recording was made around 1989 as Moore was finalizing his research for this topic, and fortunately there is little repetition between this audio and the book. The audio quality is terrible, but good thing Moore is a compelling speaker.

It's a little light on the practical recommendations of embodying this archetype, besides suggestions for general exposure to the archetype (mainly through film and book recommendations). Maybe a wise decision as it stops Moore from becoming a charlatan.