11 hours agoMember-onlyThe Mystery* It is hard to understand a culture that justifies the killing of millions in past wars, and is at this very moment preparing bombs to kill even greater numbers. …Beauty4 min readBeauty4 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyHuman ShadowsThe mother repressed the problem of evil, which in her case had taken the form of a completely destructive power animus. She split herself off from her destructive animus by using the Bible as a trick, not as something to read or meditate upon or to incorporate in any way…Shadow Work4 min readShadow Work4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyFresh Meaning in The FamiliarMost artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar. - Andrew Wyeth * “No matter what path you’re on in this life, if that path isn’t about love, you’re on the…Art4 min readArt4 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyThe DreamThere is no need of a way out! Don’t you see that a way out is also part of the dream. All you have to do is see the dream as a dream… The very idea of going beyond the dream is illusory…Just realize that you are dreaming a dream…Feminine Power4 min readFeminine Power4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyTo Be Danced“As more people have found the courage to break through shame and speak about woundedness in their lives, we are now subjected to a mean-spirited cultural response, where all talk of woundedness is mocked. The belittling of anyone’s attempt to name a context within which they were wounded, were made…Dancer4 min readDancer4 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyEnchantment And The Poetry of Life“I gave a speech, as one does, as one ages, to a room of students of the theatre, of film, of the performing arts. They shone with ambition, but I soon found myself annotating virtually every sentence I uttered, and this is not terribly comfortable: It badly alters the flow…Enchantment4 min readEnchantment4 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyHappiness FloatsIt is difficult to know what to do with so much happiness. With sadness there is something to rub against, a wound to tend with lotion and cloth. …Happiness4 min readHappiness4 min read
Jan 23Member-onlyDreams Of Confusion And CertaintyI dream a lot about my mother now. I am always running toward a house that is burning, and I know that she is inside, sleeping, burning off a drunk, escaping through alcoholic fumes. I realize that she is about to die in a fire that she set herself, but…Dreams4 min readDreams4 min read
Jan 22Member-onlyCivilization, Love And WisdomYou shall never be able to establish in words that you live in ecstasy. But struggle unceasingly to establish it in words. Battle with myths, with comparisons, with allegories, with rare and common words, with exclamations and rhymes, to embody it in flesh, to transfix it! God, the Great Ecstatic…Civilization4 min readCivilization4 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyPassport To EnchantmentIn Zurich we have the opportunity to analyze many Americans who come to the Jung Institute and thus to observe the symptoms and results of a hiatus in culture (emigration of their forebears) and a loss of roots. In that case we are dealing with people whose consciousness is structured…Enchantment4 min readEnchantment4 min read
