Robert A. Johnson
American Jungian analyst and popular writer on Jungian psychology, author of accessible books such as Owning Your Own Shadow and the short guides He, She, and We.
Books
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1. The Fisher King And The Handless Maiden
Understanding the Two Great Symbols of Psyche
A Jungian reading of two interlinked myths that uses a wounded king and a handless maiden as archetypal portraits of psychic injury, loss, and fragmentation, exploring how sexual and emotional dysfunction leave the self and its community barren. Through symbolic interpretation and clinical insight, the narrative shows how healing requires confronting the shadow, reclaiming creativity and trust, accepting vulnerability, and engaging in reparative love and sacrifice. It argues that individuation is a process of reclaiming what was lost—hands, wholeness, vitality—by rebalancing masculine and feminine dynamics and learning to receive and give forgiveness, compassion, and renewal.
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