Tag Archives: depression

Cartography of the Deep Human Psyche (5)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Gustave Dore, Dante at the Gate of Hell Just as Adam and Eve are cast out from Paradise, so our blissful sojourn in the mother’s womb comes to an end in the first stage of delivery. This moment marks the … Continue reading →

Posted in Stanislav Grof | Tagged Basic Perinatal Matrices, Basic Perinatal Matrix II, Centaurs, depression, depth psychology, despair, Emil Cioran, evil, Grof, hell, Ixion, LSD research, no exit, Stanislav Grof, symbolism | 46 Comments

I Love You, My Secret Raven

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Symbol Reader

It is entirely conceivable that life’s splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fulness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If … Continue reading →