Tagalog book. "Pagsubok sa Ilang is at once provocative and productive in its reinterpretation of 'Satan", from the perspective of depth psychology, as Christ's 'shadow'. Written creatively and with uncommon clarity, this book critically rereads the temptations in the desert as a process of phycho-spritual integration, involving Jesus' descent to his unconscious and the readsorption of his Shadow. Satan as the 'shadow' is non-dualistically presented here as a force that is integrally within us, which we must face in order to move towards greater individuation. Pagsubok sa Ilang indeed contributes not only to the small collection of academic studies devoted to the figure of Satan but also to the possible significations Satan can assume in our life as Christians." Agnes M Brazal, STD Maryhill School of Theology