Trickster Rides Again
Like the Lone Ranger and Tonto who burst my bubble of security in an unforgettable dream at the age of ten, the Trickster archetype has shown up again. This time it has locked the door on your comments and shaken my trust in WordPress’s ability to keep our lines of communication open. For the last […]
Learn Your Story: Write Your Myth
“Just as dreams do not conceal something already known, or express it under a disguise, but try rather to formulate an as yet unconscious fact as clearly as possible, so myths and alchemical symbols are not…allegories that hide artificial secrets. On the contrary, they seek to translate natural secrets into the language of consciousness and […]
What Matters More: Matter or Meaning?
“As we hurtle toward a cold and barren cosmos…the only direction to look is inward. That is the noble direction to look. It is a direction that foregoes ready-made answers and turns to the highly personal journey of constructing our own meaning. It is a direction that leads to the very heart of creative expression […]
Understanding Archetypes
Many who are fascinated with the psyche have tried to draw clear boundaries around the archetypes. I’ve worked on this for years in search of a framework that could help me understand myself, and I’m passing on what I’ve learned because it’s been useful; however, nobody knows for sure how closely our descriptions fit reality. In truth, it’s not possible to fully understand.
Reviews of Two Books with Heart
I’ve done some resting and a lot of reading since The Soul’s Twins was released in November. Two books have been especially meaningful to me and I’d like to share them with you. Heart of a Sufi By Rahima Milburn, Ashen Venema, Zohra Sharp His Medicine Was Love Heart of a Sufi is about Fazal […]
Healing Polarized Relationships from Within
The reality is that healing happens between people. The wound in me evokes the healer in you, and the wound in you evokes the healer in me, and then the two healers collaborate. ~ Rachel Naomi Remen My dear friends, I hope you found safe and comforting ways to celebrate the Covid-19 version of Christmas […]
Symbolism of the Christmas Star: A Great Conjunction
“The old image of “sky” rests uneasily next to the modern idea of “space.” Now depth psychology sees the image of the star-studded sky as a visualization of the flickering sparks of consciousness within the dark vastness of the unconscious psyche.” Taschen, The Book of Symbols, p. 56 Tonight, December 21, 2020, will be the […]
The Soul’s Twins: A Video Interview
Last week Susan Scott, an author friend from South Africa, interviewed me about The Soul’s Twins. Most of you know Susan. She comments here often. She recorded our talk on video and posted it on her blog this week, so I’m re-posting it here for you to see. The video versions on her post below are small, […]
A New Idea of What We Are Part I
Note: I hope you enjoy this post from over four years ago. It feels like a good time to revisit these ideas. To paraphrase Terence McKenna, “Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness. We need to explore new ideas of who we are.” I know for a fact that in the […]
Does God Have a Gender?
When you make the two One, and when you make the inner as the outer and the outer as the inner, and the above as the below . . . then you will enter the Kingdom. ~ The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 22: 4, 7 When our primitive ancestors began to reflect on the mystery […]
