With guidance for both inspired seekers and disillusioned seekers, the author explores how to navigate the narrow path through the darkness toward the light, rekindle the flame of longing, and once again engage spiritual practice.

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION A Call for Spiritual AwakeningA Call for Shadow Awareness PROLOGUE My Longing for the Light A Meditation on UpPART 1 Before the Fall A Guide for Faithful BelieversONE The Holy Longing Awakening to Holy Longing God Longs for Us as We Long for God The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Sufi Poet Rumi TWO Longing for GodThe Hidden Object of Desire The Changing God Image: Involution or Down The Changing God Image: Evolution or Up The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Hindu Master Ramakrishna THREELonging for the Human Beloved The Search for Romantic Union Beloved as Parent: The Psychology of Love Beloved as God: The Archetypes of LoveThe Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Sufi Lovers Majnun and Layla FOUR Longing for the Divine HumanThe Search for Spiritual CommunionPriest or Teacher as Parent: The Psychology of SpiritualityPriest or Teacher as God: The Archetypes of SpiritualityPriest or Teacher as Divine Human: The Teacher/Student Relationship The Inner Marriage: A Story of Holy Longing in the Christian Saint Catherine of Siena PART 2 After the Fall A Guide for Disillusioned Believers FIVE Meeting Spiritual Shadow Darkness on the Path Encountering the Spiritual Other: The Breakdown of CommunionTales of Religious and Spiritual Abuse SIXUnderstanding Spiritual Abuse Detecting the Patterns across Denominations The Consequences of Spiritual Abuse Who Is Susceptible to Spiritual Abuse? Meeting the Shadow of Addiction Death and Transcendence MIDLOGUE My Longing for the Dark A Meditation on Down SEVEN Rekindling the Flame Shadow-Work for Spiritual Abuse and Disillusionment Communal Shadow-WorkIndividual Shadow-Work EPILOGUE TO THE NEW EDITION Through the Shadow to the Light Acknowledgments APPENDIX ONE The Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI) Code of Ethics and Good PracticeAPPENDIX TWO The Code of Ethics for Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Teachers BibliographyIndexAbout the Author