Myth, creativity, consciousness
podcast links and other news
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, pass the wit of man to say what dream it was.” Shakespeare, from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” A few Celtic stories about encounters with fairies, to … Continued
The help that we need often comes from unexpected sources, if we have the wisdom to recognize them. We’re surrounded by helpers, teachers, and truth-tellers in the visible and invisible worlds, and yet it’s easy to miss the advice … Continued
When the king is fatally ill and radical change is required, you need to make a journey down unfamiliar paths into the symbolic world of story, and find the water of life. “The Water of Life,” a fairy tale … Continued
Today, May 13, 2021, would have been my dad’s 88th birthday. Somehow, no one knows how, he got COVID right before Christmas and died on December 30th, after a brief time in the hospital. I’m still trying to absorb the … Continued
On The Curious Mind podcast- a conversation about the ‘Myth of Unlimited Human Potential’, the problematic impact it has on us, and what is a psychologically more wholesome way to integrate myths into our lives. The myth of unlimited human … Continued
“Imaginal knowing is the only way that the unconscious can move into consciousness. It happens through fantasy, through dreams, through symbols, where all is “thrown together” (which is the meaning of the word sym-ballein in Greek). It happens through pictures, … Continued
