The King Within

Accessing the King
in the Male Psyche

by: Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette

 

Being reprinted and will be available soon!

Examine the Corresponding Quartet of Books!

The Warrior Within - The Magician Within - The Lover Within

In this pioneering contribution to the emerging men's movement, Robert Moore, a Jungian psychoanalyst who, along with Robert Bly, is a principal architect of the movement, and Douglas Gillette, a mythologist, examine the inner King - one of the four archetypes of the male psyche.

Asleep as far as Ego-awareness is concerned for untold generations, the King at the center of every man's soul is now returning to consciousness. His return is heralded by many men's growing sense of empowered masculine authenticity and by their enlarged capacity to empower others: other men, their friends and co-workers, the women in their lives, and their children. The inner King integrates power and nurturing, firmness and caring, courage and creativity, self-affirmation and self-sacrifice. From this central position between the world of imagination and the world of action, the King within challenges every man to take up his own scepter, to dream dreams and to make them come true.

The King Within both responds to the needs being formulated by the men's movement and addresses the larger questions of male psychology. We offer this books as an aid to those men who think with Blake that "Earth might be fair" that we could realize a "universal brotherhood of Eden." Many of us remember the Kennedy years and our fantasies of Camelot. Certainly we know politicians deceive us when they try to present themselves as the "expected one." But we believe the voice these men are echoing is a real voice, resonating within each of us - and one which, if properly heeded, will begin to lead us in the Blessingway.

For further reading, be sure to examine the King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine and the entire Quartet of books which is a series of four books that examine the individual structures and dynamics of the male soul. Each is an indepth study of the individual male archetypal energies (King, Warrior, Magician, and Lover) that are the foundation to a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity.

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Editorials
"The book compares very favorably with Robert Bly's Iron John in both scholarship and believability."
Social & Behavioral Sciences

"Certain to be in great demand!"
Booklist

"An invaluable book for any man or woman who is dealing with masculine issues. Using depth psychology and writing in a lively style that is easy to read, Moore and Gillette explain how properties of maleness have been graphically portrayed in mythic images and specifically, how these play their part, both for the good and the bad, in men's emotional lives."
John Weir Perry

"Moore and Gillette provide an analysis of the deep-rooted psychological foundations of masculinity and a blueprint men can use to get in touch with these unconscious attitudes."
Laurence W. Mazzeno, Magill Book Reviews

"Drawing on the work of such pioneers as Campbell, Jung, and John Weir Perry, The King Within adds a new dimension to the current discussion of the King at the center of the male psyche."
Dragonsmoke

Being reprinted and will be available soon!

Examine the Corresponding Quartet of Books!

The Warrior Within - The Magician Within - The Lover Within