The Feminine Erotic Soul: Source of Creativity & Healing
Why is the feminine erotic soul important for men and women today? Feminine and masculine are beyond gender. We all have some balance of masculine and feminine qualities no matter what our sexual orientation.
Chretien’s “The Knight of the Cart”
One of the greatest Arthurian romances about marriage and relationship concerns the adulterous love between Lancelot and Guenevere.
Nightmare Metaphors for COVID-19
Our dreaming mind is intensely visual, so when it feels fear, it searches for an image to match that feeling.
Turning Toward Our Nightmares
The surprising thing about nightmares is that there is nothing to fear. This is not to dismiss them. They feel absolutely real, and our heart-pounding response to them is also very real.
Conversation in a Digital Age: The Core of Civilization
True conversation is one of those rare win-win human delights. Not winners and losers.
Chretien’s “Knight with the Lion”
This marvelous story charts Yvain’s gradual development from an egocentric youth to a mature adult and responsible husband, more responsive to the needs of others than to his own.
The Beneficent Gift of Blessing
As we all continue to adjust to a growing atmosphere of uncertainty, anxieties and worries about what’s next in the political and economic spheres, I came across a book in my library that I had forgotten having purchased…
Interview with John van der Steur on Typology
John van der Steur is interested in helping people achieve what Jung calls Individuation – the process of developing consciousness by accessing the unconscious. According to Jung, it is only from the tension of opposites that we grow.
Dreams and the Call to Adventure
As we all continue to adjust to a growing atmosphere of uncertainty, anxieties and worries about what’s next in the political and economic spheres, I came across a book in my library that I had forgotten having purchased…
The Grail Romances of the Middle Ages and the Individuation Process
All the great themes of Jungian psychology are present in Wolfram’s splendid poem, Parzival, of 1220. It offers the most spectacular version of the Grail quest in all of European literature…
What is Mything in Your Life?
It is unfortunate that in our current world the word “myth” is still maligned as something that is a lie, untrue, and opposed to “fact.”
Introduction to the series on Myth and Culture
The series of blogs that I am writing has as their major focus of interest both myth and culture.