" “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 …
Tag: mythology
Keeping the Change
While it's accurate for me to say that I write for sanity and to clarify for myself ideas and experiences while engaging others who may have similar desires and needs, I can't pretend to understand fully why particular ideas and perspectives fascinate me and repeatedly hold claim to my time and energy. I only know …
Archetypal Psychology – a Brief Account, Part II
In part II of this exploration of James Hillman's book, Archetypal Psychology, a Brief Account, I want to write more specifically about the nature of images within the context of Archetypal Psychology. You can read Part I of the series here. "Archetypal psychology axiomatically assumes imagistic universals, com- parable to the universali fantastici of Vico (Scienza Nuova, …
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Leaving the Temple
"Most, if not all of modern scientific data—and the interpretation thereof—is provisional in nature, only revealing a small part of the bigger picture. In this respect, the interpretation of this research is, regrettably, false. Here, I mean false in as bold and far-reaching as possible: not according to truth or fact; erroneous; incorrect; designed to …
Lament of the Dead
The mystery of life begins in death, for if death did not exist, think of all of the things that we would not struggle with and all of the questions we would not have much reason to ask. Imagine too the security and peace we might know without sickness, murder, pain and suffering that comes …