Anger cannot be managed or massaged--chances are you know that already. Nor can it be denied, avoided, projected or repressed with any satisfactory result. But here is the miracle: Anger can be transformed into its opposite, which is inner peace. What you may regard as an obstacle on your life-journey is revealed as the way itself.

"Keith Ashford skillfully and courageously reaches right into the fire burning inside us that all too often rages unattended, out of control, or is poorly managed at best. Pitching his tent on the lip of the volcano, Ashford joins a precious few-Robert Bly,...