Just over a year ago I returned from Ireland. For me this is so recent that I could just as well still be there,…
Folklore has the purpose of educating us about the real world as we grow up. It helps children become aware of archetypes in…
This brings us back to the story of Chicken Little and the metaphors within. Chicken Little is merrily strolling in the forest when something…
What is individuation? In a nutshell, it is purposeful personal growth. According to Jung, individuation is a lifetime’s work while being at the same…
When we explore folklore and mythology we realize that history is replete with symbols and images of cataclysm, disaster, wholesale destruction and apocalypse. Let’s…
People are like trees. Depending on the forest, they are all similar, yet different. In very many forests the trees are so similar that…
Introduction “World without end”. We find this phrase in various religious scriptures and prayers, including Catholicism and Rastafarianism. It is a Doxology and it…
* We are in the Liminal Space A Dangerous Place Where predators lay and tricksters play Where good people pray then look away ……
It could be said that our life cycles include Circles and Spirals. Circles can become Spirals and Spirals can become Circles. There are two…
“What lies beneath or beyond composition?” – JJM
— Graffiti along the Liffey, Dublin, Ireland (01.02.2012). Gypsy Café © 2012 All Rights Reserved.
Pechory Monastery, Pskov Region, Russia, 2006. We were told on arrival not to address the monks directly, not to stare at them or attempt…
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. – Mohandas Gandhi Happiness belongs to those who…
Carl Gustav Jung, the famous Swiss psychiatrist, was quoted as saying: “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol,…
You have to return eventually, To see everything differently. To see what you see differently. And how you see it differently. Due to…