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Tear Down This Wall: on Psychological Defenses
“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promise of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand … Continue reading
Posted in Trauma
Tagged Aion, animus, archetypes, Carl Jung, Christ, depth psychology, Donald Kalsched, Dostoevsky, negative animus, psychology, Self, Soul, symbolism, symbols, the Grand Inquisitor, trauma
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The Secrets of the Odyssey (7): Circe and the Underworld
J.W. Waterhouse, “Circe Invidiosa” As his journey progresses, Odysseus gradually loses all his ships and companions, all of his spoils of war, until he becomes solitary at the very end of the epic. Right after the disaster with contrary winds, … Continue reading
Posted in The Odyssey
Tagged astrology, Circe, goddess, Greek mythology, Hades, Homer, Ishtar, lady of the beasts, Leo, Odysseus, Odyssey, Soul, the underworld
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Life’s Prose and Love’s Poetry: On Various Types of Relationships
“Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world … Continue reading
Of Mountains and Valleys
Kashmir valley, image credit “Call the world if you please ‘the vale of soul-making.’ Then you will find out the use of the world.” John Keats, in a letter Mountain valleys can be breathtakingly beautiful. Lusciously green, nested between high … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche
Tagged archetypes, James Hillman, mountain, mountains, Soul, spirit, symbolism, symbols, Valley
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The Tectonic Power of the Soul
image credit 1. “Life happens when the tectonic power of your speechless soul breaks through the dead habits of the mind.” John Patrick Shanley, Doubt 2. “The shadow of the light is not darkness, but illumination.” Clement of Alexandria These … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged ego, growth, illumination, John Patrick Shanley, light, mind, shadow, Soul
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Secret Life
“…there is for every man some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life, for wisdom first speaks in images, and … this one image, if he would but brood over it … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged archetypes, images, Soul, symbols, The Philosophy of Shelley’s Poetry, W.B. Yeats
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Two Abysses
“We are two abysses – a well staring at the sky.” Fernando Pessoa Cathy McClelland, Raven Reflection (image credit: http://www.cathymcclelland.com/enlarge_htm_pages/Animal/raven_reflection.htm)
The Embodied Soul
I often wonder at the wisdom of words. If you trace back the roots of words, their etymology, you will often discover important truths. We often use the word psyche, but what do we really mean by it? Jung defined … Continue reading
Birds on My Mind
I have been thinking recently of exploring bird symbolism, as birds seem to capture my attention wherever I go. The Sun is still in the air sign (Gemini), which means that airborne creatures deserve some focus. I have had some … Continue reading
Self-deception and Self-knowledge
Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged C.G. Jung, delusional thoughts, delusions, human potential, neel burton, psychology, Self, self-deception, self-knowlege, Soul
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