"Here vigour failed the lofty fantasy: But now was turning my desire and will, even as a wheel that equally is moved, The love which moves the sun and the other stars." Dante's last line in Paradise Last December, shortly after my mother passed away, I signed up for Adam Elenbaas's Hellenistic Astrology course*. How …
Tag: Archetypes
Zeus and Hera: Images of a Divine Syzygy
Zeus "He was a sky god, associated with wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and was the master of spiritual phenomena, since it was the spirit realm that was signified by the sky and the manifestations of the weather. He was a carrier of justice and judgment, an embodiment of law and the punisher of transgression …
Wholeness, Fragmentation and Dionysus
David Bohm's book, "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," explores the problem of fragmentation in human thought and consciousness. Along with a very thorough analysis of why the problem of fragmentation exists, he also provides suggestions for undoing what he calls "habits of thought" which limit our ability to perceive wholes, or to even be aware …
Syzygy
Next, in James Hillman's book, Anima, the Anatomy of a Personified Notion, he considers whether or not ego, understood here as the most dominant part of our conscious experience and the agent of our identity, is a syzygy of anima and animus. Fascinating idea that can best be considered within the context of western cultural consciousness. While …
“I” is an Aggregate
In this next installment of examining James Hillman's book, Anima, and Anatomy of a Personified Notion, we look at the notion of Ego, and especially its relation to Jung's idea of the Conscious, as he understood these terms. Ego, as an idea, concept or definition, has been with us for a very long time and has a …
Theoria 