Fisher King Press: 10 books

In Enemy, Cripple, & Beggar: Shadows in the Hero's Path, Erel Shalit provides new thoughts and views on the concepts of Hero and Shadow. From a Jungian perspective, this top-selling Fisher King Press publication elaborates on mythological and psychological images. Myths and fairy tales explored...

Lawrence Staples shows us how guilt may not particularly feel so ‘good’ at the time of a transgression, yet in retrospect the perceived ‘sin’ that originated feelings of guilt often turns out to be of great value materially, as well as spiritually. This timely publication sheds light and brings...

“The art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts.” -C.G. Jung, CW 8, par. 789. The Cycle of Life explores the patterns that unfold over the course of our lives, as we set out to find our place in the world, in our efforts to live authentically, and in our search for...

Divine Madness: Archetypes of Romantic Love examines the transforming experience of romantic love in literature, myth, religion, and everyday life. A series of psychological meditations on the nature of romantic love and human relationship, Divine Madness takes the perspective that human love...

"Malcolm Clay is the story of Everyman. He is every man who ventures into life and love. The every man who experiences the vicissitudes of the ecstasy yet fear and pain that life and love may bring. Mel Mathews, brings to light the engaging energies of his novels protagonist, Malcolm Clay, both in...

"Mel Mathews is a sensitive observer of the human condition, with an emphasis on the Male Human Condition of our time. He has created a character in Malcolm Clay that is a baby boomer Holden Caulfield, a variation on John Updike's Rabbit Angstrom, and he manages to take us by the hand and lead us...

This timely and innovative expose by contemporary Jungian psychoanalyst, Ken Kimmel, reveals a culturally and historically embedded narcissism underlying men’s endlessly driven romantic projections and erotic fantasies, that has appropriated their understanding of what love is. Men enveloped in...

Blending the insights of Biblical scholarship with those of modern psychology, Galipeau examines each of the Gospel healing stories in depth. Transforming Body and Soul is a valuable resource for psychotherapists and counselors as well as clergy and pastoral ministers. Anyone seeking health...

a rather ornery but 'successful-in-life' character finds himself stranded in the middle of nowhere. His fancy MG has allowed him to limp into a gas station with a diner-cum-motel on the other side of the highway. Subtly layered in symbol and metaphor, one soon realizes that the simplicity of this...

The Orphan: A Journey to Wholeness addresses loneliness and the feeling of being alone in the world, two distinct characteristics that mark the life of an orphan. Regardless if we have grown up with or without parents, we are all too likely to meet such experiences in ourselves and in our daily encounters...