The Importance of Initiation

Michael: I think people's interest in the shadow is also a mirror image of people's innate crying out for the mystery and the numinous. The true entryway to that is through the shadow, he says. Hillman emphasizes the almost like catholic element of maturation by growing down rather than reaching up or ascending said Michael. He thinks most inspiring ones are those who have been through hell because it contextualizes the value of your individual life according to him.