THE WHALE: a film about trauma, obesity, and the undying hope to connect.
We are born with a drive to connect meaningfully with our caregivers. When that is thwarted by fate, deprivation, or hostility, our psyche rallies, it redirects our instincts to the imaginal world whe...
13 Apr 20231h 17min
PAN: archetypal source of panic disorder
Piping through mountains and glens, the great god Pan carries the relentless procreative power of nature. He symbolizes the archaic level of psyche from which all wild instinct rises; feared during wa...
6 Apr 20231h 16min
CAN JUNG’S HOME WITHSTAND REPURPOSING?
It seems that an intrepid consortium of impact investors, real estate developers, and the Swiss Tourism, Farming, and Dairy Products Oversight Authority have created a juggernaut heading for Jung’s ho...
1 Apr 202348min
SCHADENFREUDE: Why do we enjoy seeing others fail?
Schadenfreude, the joy in someone else’s misfortune, is a common human experience. We often feel it when someone we believe deserves it embarrasses themselves or is caught in a scandal. Nietzsche once...
23 Mar 20231h 15min
The PIED PIPER & the terrible costs of rejecting shadow
The Pied Piper story holds a dark secret that has repelled and fascinated us for over 500 years. It asks, "What does it cost to banish our shadow?" At its surface, it looks like a simple morality tale...
16 Mar 20231h 25min
The ORPHAN: symbol of eros, pathos, and hope
The archetype of the orphan, closely related to the hero, evokes powerful feelings of abandonment, deprivation, and hope. From Harry Potter to Little Orphan Annie from Daenerys Targaryen to Cinderella...
9 Mar 20231h 9min
PASSING THE TEST: embracing the refiner’s fire
The word test originally referred to an earthenware vessel in which metals were smelted to separate ore from dross. Like ancient vessels holding the heat of the refining fire, our task is to contain t...
2 Mar 20231h 14min
AWAKE TO THE WORLD: Jung’s Ethical Stance
Despite volumes written on morality and ethics, how do we determine what’s right? Values distilled over time by family, faith, and nation define and denounce wrong, but the effort to banish shadow onl...
23 Feb 20231h 14min
