Understanding The Shadow Self For Spiritual Ascension

by Joy Jackson,
Contributing Writer,In5D.com

In the fantasy novel, Lord of the Rings, written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien, the wizard Gandalf follows a path to death and subsequent resurrection, transcending from his earthly persona as Gandalf the Grey to a purer, more evolved persona as Gandalf the White in a fashion parallel in many ways to the life accounts of many ascended masters throughout our history.