I often sense that a culture in the throes of death wants only to save itself. We live in those times, I think, where there is much emphasis on saving ourselves. We are so enamored with heroics. But do they not keep us from where we are right now? What about the nature of disintegration? …
Class Notes – Session Seven
In the seventh session of the Jung Platform's class on James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, the discussion moves to the nature of the material, the vessel used for containment and the necessity of the "separatio," of essence from the material. In psychological work this distinction is at the heart of the work, whether in a …
My Native Language is Image
Recently, I have begun to keep a dream journal, again. As in the keeping of past dream journals, the very act of writing seems to stimulate the remembrance of more dreams, and I wonder if by attending to them, the door to the nightworld perspective widens, bringing with it richness and complexity, scrambling the sensibilities of the dayworld experience. In …
Class Notes – Session Six*
In Class Six of the Jung Platform's online series, Alchemical Psychology, presenters Robbie (Robert Bosnak) and Pat (Patricia Berry) begin with a discussion on deriving meaning from matter, or the materials. This is a continuation of the discussion on fueling the fire in alchemy which needs heat to purify and transform the metals, or materials. Knowing …
Oh Noah, where art thou?
" “It's in Genesis,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Tuesday. “Noah is saving the animals; he's not out there saving innocent babies, he's saving the animals, he's saving creation.” “It was very clear to us that there was an environmental message. To pull that message out of it, we think, would …
Theoria 