Willpower: Choice, Energy & the Power to Achieve
The ability to choose and exercise will is a defining characteristic of humans. Only humans have enough energy available to consciousness to escape the rule of instinct. Jung says, “the realm of will ...
7 Jan 20211h 19min
Fierce Female Initiations: Claiming Authority & Selfhood Through Trials
Mythological Paths to Personal PotentialMyths and fairy tales depict women’s initiation into authority and adulthood. Hades abducted Kore (maiden) into the underworld; Snow White choked on a poisoned ...
31 Dec 20201h 7min
Scrooge on the Couch: How the Numinous Transforms
Something's going on in Scrooge's soul...and it's tired of waiting for an invitation.Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, vividly portrays the journey to healing and transcendence. It was writ...
24 Dec 20201h 16min
The Archetype of the Divine Child: Light Reborn
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. Luke 2:10 The divine child appears when least expected, new potential born from the womb of the unconsciou...
17 Dec 20201h 1min
FANTASY: Do We Have Fantasies or Do They Have Us?
Is fantasizing helpful or harmful?Fantasy is the process of engagement with unconscious processes, from the depths of the mythic unconscious to the make-believe worlds of online gaming. In passive fan...
10 Dec 20201h 3min
Doubt: Facing Life’s Unknowns
Doubt disturbs us. Unlike the more defined polarities of ambivalence, doubt is pervasive, muddy, and ranges from crippling to constructive. We may doubt our capacity to meet a challenge, achieve a des...
3 Dec 20201h 3min
Visionary Imagination: Jung’s Private Journals
We welcome Sonu Shamdasani, PhD, scholar and historian of depth psychology and Jung’s opus. His research and expertise were instrumental in bringing Jung’s Red Book to the public in 2009. Jung’s Black...
26 Nov 202053min
Spider Parents: Finding Freedom from Dependence
The spider is a symbol of generative and destructive capabilities. As creator, spider spins the sustaining web of life. As predator, spider’s sticky web is an inescapable trap. Parents weave webs of f...
19 Nov 20201h 6min
