A purpose and practicality-oriented discussion

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	• The Practice of Ally Work: Meeting And Partnering With Your Spirit Guide in the Imaginal World (Jung on the ... Jeffrey Raff Nicholas-Hays, 2006 - 191 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Worthwhile for those on the inner journey.

The author notes in his introduction that his use of the term "ally" differs significantly with the way it is used in shamanic practices. It is interesting to note that Carlos Castaneda was the first to use this term as a resource for human knowledge. It hardly seems inimical to draw similarities between the way Castaneda used the term and the way the term is used in this book. The method may be different drawing as it does on the Alchemical associations and insights derived from the work of the seminal Depth Psychologist C.G. Jung.

While incorporating significant insight from the work of Jung the author does not stop there, but also brings in disparate wisdom from other traditions including Sufism and the insights of Jewish mysticism. His use of the Imaginal world to open us through a creative communication endeavor with our 'ally' along with meaningful practices, helps develop and illuminate the deep unconscious. I enjoyed this book and find myself tapping into my own intuition throughout the day to ask questions of this force. What I am learning is that this force holds a depth of loving affirmation. As one goes deeper into this process what emerges is a discernment of peace and when I respond positively to that presence of peace within, events contain a good outcome. When I respond from fear or unceartainty, a bad outcome follows. When peace is not present that is a clear sign that something else has taken over, and needs further work.

Great book!

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A purpose and practicality-oriented discussion

Jungian analyst Jeffrey Raff, Ph.D. presents The Practice of Ally Work: Meeting and Partnering with Your Spirit Guide in the Imaginal World, guide of techniques for achieving intimate contact with the divine through allies - spirit guides unique to each human. Imagination-building practices, ways to identify one's ally and learn its name, methods for receiving guidance from it, and advice for navigating the two-way street in which both human and ally provide for each other's needs fill this soberly written roadmap to spiritual self-help. A purpose and practicality-oriented discussion of the metaphysical and sacred rewards of reaching out to God's divine manifestation.

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Jeff Raff has written about the ally (which has been called many different names in different traditions) in his books Jung and the Alchemical Imagination, Healing the Wounded God, and The Wedding of Sophia. Here, he shares with readers the techniques he has developed and taught in his workshops and lectures for achieving intimate contact with the divine. The ally is a divine being?a face of God?that is unique to every being. It appears in the imaginal realm to partner with a specific person; but it has to wait for its human partner to seek it. The person has to learn how to enter the imaginal realm to meet and relate with the ally, and to that effect, Raff has designed a progressive series of exercises. Starting with imagination-building practices, he takes you through learning how to identify your ally, learning its name, and obtaining guidance from it. Intermediate and advanced exercises teach you how to deepen your relationship with the ally and bring it into everyday life. A relationship with your ally is a two-way street in that your attention to its existence in the imaginal realm makes it manifest in the material world, while the ally helps you achieve self-realization and gnosis in the literal sense of the word.

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