Shadow Seduction

About the Book

Why do decent people do shameful things? While media attention focuses on the misbehavior of the rich and famous, every day, thousands of ordinary people make choices for which they suffer humiliation, emotional pain, and loss. They can hide behind the cloak of anonymity and their stories are rarely told. Such was the case of Jonathan Feldman, a respected sixty-nine-year-old businessman. Since childhood, Jonathan has had an ongoing relationship with what Dr. Carl Jung would call his shadow—everything that is repressed, undeveloped, and denied in one’s self. For Jonathan, this darker alter ego is the famous actor he had aspired to become. Jonathan’s shadow manifests as an apparitional entity co-existing as the antagonist, snidely debating with Jonathan as he wrestles with his options, cleverly influencing him to make a series of bad choices. And if Jonathan isn’t careful, his shadow could ultimately lead him into planning his final exit. As he did with A Particle of God, author Teddy Bart probes one of life’s enigmas through the journey toward self-discovery of Jonathan Feldman.

About the Author

As a child Teddy Bart envisioned himself as the broadcaster he became. His path from the dream to reality manifested through the music business. After several years on the road, Teddy brought his piano bar act to Nashville's Printer's Alley in the early '60s. Performing by night, writing songs by day, his songs were recorded by Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis and Al Hirt and others. But the broadcasting dream remained an unsettled calling. An introduction to the program director of WSM radio in Nashville led to various apprenticeship duties. Eventually, Teddy persuaded station officials to let him host its first call-in talk show in 1969. A year later he assumed the host role of Nashville television’s most prestigious program, “The Noon Show.” Then three years later, WSM radio named him host of it’s popular “Waking Crew.” Both programs were Mid-South traditions. Eleven years later, Teddy accepted an offer to anchor the nightly newscasts on the ABC network’s Nashville affiliate. Teddy soon found that telling “what” as a news anchor was not as fulfilling as asking “why” as an interviewer. He returned to his first love—talk radio—and introduced “Teddy Bart's Round Table” which simulcast on radio and television. It aired for over twenty years. Driven by his lifelong fascination and curiosity with spiritual, paranormal and metaphysical matters, Teddy launched a talk show called “Beyond Reason” in 1987. Today “Beyond Reason” is heard as a web cast through www.beyondreason.com. Teddy’s career as an author began with the publication of “Inside Music City USA,” (1970) followed by “The Mensh,” (1979) “A Particle of God” (2009) and “Shadow Seduction.” (2011) Voted Nashville's Best Talk Show Host five times and the recipient of three regional Emmys, the Nashville Broadcaster’s Association awarded Teddy their Lifetime Achievement award in 2003. Teddy blogs about issues relating to artists at www.talentsurvival guide.com. He can be found on FaceBook and LinkedIn. For more information about his body of work and activities, visit his web site www.teddybart.com. *****