Michael Daniels

I am a retired University lecturer in Psychology, now living in the Isle of Man.

I was brought up in Bath, Somerset, where I was educated at City of Bath Boys School (1961-1968). I studied Psychology at the University of Leeds, and graduated with BSc (Hons, 1st Class) in 1974 and PhD in 1981.

I worked in Liverpool as a lecturer in psychology for 32 years, at City of Liverpool College of Higher Education (1979-1985), Liverpool Polytechnic (1985-1992) , and Liverpool John Moores University (1992-2010).

From 1993-1998. I also trained and practiced as an honorary psychotherapist (psychodynamic) within the National Health Service.

I am the author of more than 30 academic articles and chapters, and three books: 'Self-Discovery the Jungian Way: The Watchword Technique' (1992/ 2014 ), 'Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology' (2005/2021), and ‘The I Ching Oracle: A Modern Approach to Ancient Wisdom’ (2017).

I am a keen magician, and member of The Magic Circle.

I have developed and maintain two websites:

psychicscience.org

watchwordtest.com