Moore, Robert L.; Havlick, Max J.

Facing the Dragon : Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity

Preface ix Acknowledgments xiv The Lucifer Complex and the Enemy Within: Psychological Reflections on Human Evil 1(14) The Archetype of Spiritual Warfare 15(30) Regulating Dragon Energies: The Challenge of Conscious Ritualization 45(16) Modern Secularism Fuels Pathological Narcissism 61(18) Discerning and Facing Your Own Grandiosity 79(28) Decoding the Diamond Body: Archetypal Structures Provide a Framework for Analysis 107(16) The Combat Myth and the Archetypal Enemy 123(20) How Modern Spiritual Narcissism Leads to Destructive Tribalism 143(22) The Psychological Sources of Religious Conflict 165(16) Resources for Facing the Dragon 181(18) Dragon Laws: Insights for Confronting Grandiosity 199(20) Beyond the Lucifer Complex: Befriending the Dragon 219(8) Appendix: Diagrams 227(8) Bibliography 235(10) Index 245(4) About the Author 249