Sacred Chaos: Reflections on God's Shadow and the Dark Self (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)

God's shadow, or the dark Self, is connected to death, destruction and madness. Paradoxically, it is also indispensable to life. At a time when our highest values are turning against us, the psychological message of this book is a beacon of hope. God's shadow, or the dark Self, provokes unspeakable suffering in individuals whose life it touches. It is connected to death, destruction and madness. But, paradoxically, it is also indispensable to life.

Can we accept that God has a shadow, that He does not simply love us? Or that love and hate are indissoluble components of our relationship to the divine? What attitude must we adopt in order to find meaning, knowing we are lost in a cosmos ruled by both loving and destructive powers?