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The Shadow of a Figure of Light

The Archetype of the Alcoholic and the Journey to Enlightenment

Chiron Publications, 2024

Establishing an unknown thread that ties C.G. Jung to AA co-founder Bill Wilson, Peterson shows how their methodologies each stemmed from an ancient shamanistic source constellated through what he has coined the archetype of the Alcoholic. Painting the Twelve Steps as a modern myth, the author presents the Alcoholic as a paradoxical image leading us towards enlightenment amid a deepening, culture-wide spiritual crisis.

"Cody Peterson has written a book whose extension is deep, wide, and high. It rests on the solid foundations of careful scholarship and personal experience."

— Murray Stein, Ph.D.
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