The Power Of Shame with Robert Bly

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In this discussion Bly talks of four sources of shame, including shame inherited from parents, grandparents, ancestors, and shame over our bodily and creative instincts. He opens with a Russian fairy story of the Frog Princess and the shame we feel over our interior “Frog Bride.” The discussion includes thoughts on Americans and shame. (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Robert Bly (1926-2021), Poet, translator and teacher. Bly was the author of many books, including:

• The Light Around the Body (Harper & Row 1967)
• Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (Dial 1985)
• The Man in the Black Coat Turns (Harper & Row 1982)
• The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations (Harper Perenniel 2005)
• My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy: Poems (Harper Perennial 2006
• Iron John: A Book About Men (Addison-Wesley 1990)
• The Sibling Society (Addison-Wesley 1996)

To learn more about the work of Robert Bly go to www.robertbly.com.

Host: Michael Toms        Interview Date: 7/12/1989         Program Number: 2140