LISTEN TO THE AUDIO VERSION VIA YOUTUBE HERE (approx 7 mins) A common and compelling component of both shamanism and Jungian or depth psychology is that each seeks to treat soul loss by retrieving and reintegrating vital essence that is […]
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Coming Home to Your Self: Depth Psychology and the Symbolic Life
Learn about the 3-day Coming Home event, Jan. 16-19, 2020 Read the post below, or listen to an Audio version on YouTube by clicking the following image As spiritual beings having a human experience, each of us longs for meaning. […]
Continue reading »Transpersonal Coaching Psychology: Bonnie Bright PhD Interviewed by Olga Ferreras
As a certified Transpersonal Soul-Centered Coach and Mentor who uses archetypal, shamanic and and depth psychological perspectives, I am passionate about helping clients navigate the process of spiritual awakening through dreams, imagination, and somatic sensibilities. People I meet in my […]
Continue reading »On Transpersonal Psychology: Science, Consciousness, Spirituality—Interview with Les Lancaster
LISTEN to the full interview with Les Lancaster here (approx. 35 mins) Though Les Lancaster has a long history as a neuroscientist, he has always been fascinated by mysticism and spirituality. He ultimately found a way to bring his two […]
Continue reading »Trauma, Transcendence, and Jung’s Notion of the Psychoid—Interview with Ann Belford Ulanov
Jungian analyst, Ann Belford Ulanov’s most recent book, The Psychoid, Soul and Psyche: Piercing Space-Time Barriers, explores Carl Gustav Jung’s concept of the “psychoid.” “Psychoid refers to unconscious processes that are unrepresentable in word or image,” Ulanov says. “We live them, […]
Continue reading »Working with the Ancestors: A Jungian Perspective—A Conversation with Sandra Easter, Ph.D.
For Sandra Easter, author of Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web, her journey toward ancestral healing has been filled with synchronicities. Growing up, Sandra always heard from her mother that they were descended from Roger Williams, a […]
Continue reading »Encountering Sabina Spielrein: Forging Paths To and Through Powerful Women in Depth Psychology
In 2011, Sabina Spielrein became something of a household name due to the debut of a mainstream film called A Dangerous Method, starring well-known actors including Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen. The film purported to tell the story of […]
Continue reading »Archetypal Reflections: Dr. Keiron Le Grice on Jungian and Depth Psychologies
C.G. Jung contended that our personalities are made up of a multitude of archetypes, Dr. Keiron Le Grice, Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, reminded me when he recently sat down with me to […]
Continue reading »Yoga Meets Depth Psychology: Union, Consciousness, Healing
“The body is merely the visibility of the soul, the psyche; and the soul is the psychological experience of the body” —C.G. Jung “Yoga is most often understood as the union of the individual with the transcendental self, with what […]
Continue reading »The Genius Myth: An Interview with Storyteller and Author, Michael Meade
When Michael Meade was thirteen, his aunt, seemingly by accident, bought him a book of mythology for his birthday. Though he felt profoundly aligned with the book and stayed up all night reading it, it would take another 20 years […]
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