“You see, the power of the animus consists, as a rule, in the possession of a woman’s feeling; that is, when she is not responsible for her feeling, when she does not look out for it consciously, the animus eats it; and then he becomes powerful and may devour her or any other innocent prey.”— […]
Healthy Skepticism or Paranoia? There is a great difference between healthy skepticism and paranoia. Conspiracy theories surrounding vaccines are an expression of the latter—a projection of an inner factor that originates in the collective unconscious, the shared soul of humanity. Its contents are the archetypes, and the most fundamental among them is the so-called archetype […]
“He [God] first appears in a hostile form, as an aggressor with whom the hero has to fight.This corresponds to the violence which is inherent in every unconscious dynamism.That is the way in which the god manifests himself, and that is the form in which he has to be overcome.The struggle has its parallel in […]
For people on the path of individuation, a sense of loneliness is inevitable. If they understand the psychological meaning of such a difficult experience, they will be able to use it for its true purpose: as a means of separation from others—a path toward freedom, psychic maturity, and emotional independence. In his autobiography, Memories, Dreams, […]
Here is some further insight from Liz Greene into the hidden psychic dynamics of love triangles presenting another part of her article The Eternal Triangle . The previous article presented Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective, according to which the cause of love triangles lies in unresolved Oedipal struggles to win one parent and compete with the other. […]
“To activate the unconscious means to awaken the divine, the devi, Kundalini – to begin the development of the suprapersonal within the individual in order to kindle the light of the gods.Kundalini, which is to be awakened in the sleeping Muladhara world, is the suprapersonal, the non-ego,… For this reason Kundalini is the same principal as […]
“There is no better means of protecting the individual from depersonalization than the possession of a secret that he either wishes or is obliged to keep.”— Carl Gustav Jung, Autobiography, p. 337 The secret plays a very specific role in the processes of individuation that are connected with the attainment of psychic maturity. Whoever is […]
All lovers in the world share that sense of specialness—the feeling of wings sprouting as you look into the eyes of your beloved. You believe you can handle anything in the world; you feel wonderful and cherished. The problem is that, sooner or later, we hit the ground, simply because “this kind of love” cannot […]
“For many are called, but few are chosen“ is a phrase from the New Testament (found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke) that I once struggled to understand – and even resented for its apparent elitism and injustice. Only later did I begin to grasp its meaning: what it truly means to be called, […]
“Women go through the process of individuation primarily through suffering, when it happens in the right way; it seems that in such cases there is a surge of libido in the unconscious. If a person can adapt to the devil without being eaten by him, this leads to awareness.” Marie-Louise von Franz,“Animus and Anima in […]
“Be quiet, you old witch! You have no right to ask questions of a hero. Bring something to eat and drink, or I’ll cut off your ears and chop off your head, and sand will pour out of your backside!” This is what Ivan—the hero of the Russian fairy tale “The Tsar Maiden”—says to Baba […]
One of the challenges in the stage of calcination — the psychological work with the element of fire and our strong passions – is learning to contain frustration when things do not unfold as quickly as we would like. Life in a material body comes with limitations, not only in space, but also in time, […]
