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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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 […]
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 […]
