"The Suffering of Salt, Toward a Substantial Psychology," is the title of chapter three of James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, and the starting point for the first class of year two of the Jung Platform's online course. Hosts Patricia Berry and Robert Bosnak focus the discussion on the notions of salt, commonality and substance. I am beginning to see an increased …
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After Life
"It’s almost as if you have to spend your whole life disengaging from your life, disengaging from the supposed reality of your living. I think that’s what Spinoza and Socrates meant about life is the study of dying, that you leave these convictions of certitude about the whole business. I certainly feel lots of that now, …
I-Me-Mine
Is it the fear of what is other, the initial recognition of duality, that tempt us further into categorizations of duality? Is individuality, that necessary movement for freedom of action, what fosters a battle stance, a duality initiating all future duels? Perhaps fear of the other culminates, as Jung suggested, in a reduction of the gods to diseases, …
Character
"A man's character is his fate." Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BC), On the Universe "If the final purpose of aging is character, then character finishes life, polishes it into a more lasting image." James Hillman If I have felt compelled towards living life closer to the margins, seeking out what is obscure, liminal, or for …
Crystal Blue Persuasion
In the latter part of my recent post, Primordial Necessity, I offered some reflections on Ananke and the idea of Necessity as a compelling force, which are based on James Hillman's Eranos Conference speech titled, Athene, Ananke, and the Necessity of Abnormal Psychology. Here, I would like to continue on with Hillman's insights into the significant role the goddess Athena plays …
Theoria 