The word “masochism” is usually associated with pathology, including its manifestations in sexuality. However, masochism has multiple dimensions and is more often found in forms that we would not call masochistic. Below I outline various manifestations of self-destructive behaviour provoked by an unconscious sense of guilt and the desire for self-punishment. On this occasion, in her […]
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For quite some time I have been postponing the presentation of Liz Greene’s work on the types of psychic defenses from her book Limitations and Boundaries: The Horoscope and Personality Defenses. Around election day, however, I decided to publish at least the anal type of defenses, because the way people vote in political elections is […]
15.11.2024
Liz Green on martyrdom and masochism
Below I share an excerpt from Liz Green’s book, “Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption,” which I find particularly valuable because it shows some very important distinctions between the sick manifestations of masochism and the healthy forms of the quest for redemption. “Defining masochism solely as a pathology is a lopsided and simplistic approach […]
02.07.2024
Liz Greene on the Shadow of Cancer
I love reading Liz Greene's books. And I love getting to know the different faces of our psychic shadow even more because that's where the devil is. Below, I share a quote from her book Astrology for Lovers, in which she comments on the shadow of the first of the water signs, Cancer. "It's time to [...]
17.05.2023
Liz Green on Venus as the archetype of love
The main theme that has been occupying me recently is the spiritual dimension of love and its embodiment on Earth. This is why I am dedicating a series of articles to this topic; the present text is the first in that series. Everything began with my reading of Marie-Louise von Franz’s work on Amor and […]
Since it has become clear that a healthy expression of empathy depends on a high degree of differentiation and the establishment of firm boundaries between the Self and others, it is important to understand how such boundaries are formed. This is the subject of the next section in Liz Greene’s book The Astrological Neptune and […]
14.03.2023
Liz Greenе on Psychoanalytic Neptune
The fifth part of Liz Greene’s book The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption is entitled “Psychoanalytic Neptune.” In it, the negative expressions of the Neptunian longing for fusion with the Source are explored through the lens of the psychoanalytic interpretation of hysteria—the dominant psychic illness at the time when Freud’s psychoanalysis emerged (and […]
12.03.2023
Liz Green on Neptune, Hysteria and Hypnosis
The second chapter of The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption reveals how the mythological images “produced” by the archetype behind this planet are embodied in concrete psychological experiences, including pathological ones. The chapter is entitled Psychological Neptune, and at this point the reading becomes even more compelling, because we begin to recognize ourselves […]
The archetypal drama associated in astrology with the action of the planet Neptune unfolds between two figures: the redeemer and the one who seeks redemption. On one side, we find ourselves as sinners, longing to encounter a purer and more spiritually elevated Other—someone who can cleanse us of the imperfections and bodily desires with which […]
If we wish to understand what lies at the very foundation of human psychic life, we must first understand what archetypes are. They are those particular energetic nuclei from which our desires arise, together with the images and ideas that accompany them, and which we usually perceive first through projection. Different archetypes are sources of […]
03.03.2023
Liz Greene on what true self-sacrifice is
I continue this series of articles on the theme of self-sacrifice by turning to its most radical expression: the sacrifice of our desire for an easy and carefree life. Another way of saying the same thing is to stop resisting pain and to mature. I will begin with a quotation from Jung, because self-sacrifice is […]
14.08.2017
Forgiveness is an act of divine grace
What makes love triangles a potential for spiritual transformation is that forgiveness—the only positive way of dealing with betrayal—is not a product of ego-will, but comes from a source that is different from the desire of our conscious attitude. No matter how much we want to forgive, we cannot, because forgiveness is the final result […]
