by joe | Jun 3, 2011 | Jungian Thriller
From The Portable Jung, chapter six, “The Phenomenology of the Self…” Jung writes, “Closer examination of the dark characteristics–that is the inferiorities constituting the shadow–reveals that they have an emotional nature, a kind of autonomy, and accordingly, an...
by joe | Jun 2, 2011 | Jung and lit
Ode Magazine is a must-read. Here are two quotes from Miriam Greenspan’s sharp, incisive feature, “How the Light Gets In,” from the Spring, 2011 issue. This is how the article starts: One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light,”...
by joe | Jun 1, 2011 | Jungian Psychology
Today I spent an hour and a half in the hospital with a friend who has been given less than a month to live. Mostly I listened to her talk. She told me amazing stories about deep disappointments she had with her doctors, her ex-husband, her daughters, even her...
by joe | Apr 5, 2010 | Jungian Psychology, Jungian Thriller
First, let me start this blog off by saying, to quote screenwriter, William Goldman, “Nobody knows anything.” That would certainly apply to me when it comes to Jungian thought. The subject is so vast, the knowledge and education needed to engage the subject so far...