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C. G. Jung and God Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Lance S. Owens
Jung grappled with the experience of God over the course of his life. In later years, when asked whether he believed in God, he replied, “I know.” This essay traces Jung’s understanding of God as i...
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Perspectives Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Tom Elsner
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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The Transformational Impact of Bar/Bat Mitzvah on Adolescents, Parents, Grandparents: A Jungian Analysis Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Susan Schept
The Jewish ceremony of bar/bat mitzvah, occurring at the onset of puberty, as usually practiced in the U.S., is primarily viewed as an occasion for a big party, thus denuding the ritual of its true...
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Sacred Skies: UFOs and the Religious Function of the Psyche Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Elliott Morgan
With his publication of “Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky,” the psychologist C. G. Jung boldly went where no psychologist had gone before, postulating that enchantment with U...
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The Word Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Lisa Valantine
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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About the Art: Divine Darkness Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jaime Robles
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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King Lear, Answer to Job: The Archetypes of Godhead Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 James Driscoll
William Shakespeare’s King Lear is often deemed the penultimate tragic drama. To fully grasp its archetypal reach, we must apply the insights of Carl Jung. Before Lear gives away his kingdom, he is...
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Reframing the Problem of Evil Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Michael Gellert
The following consists of the final chapter of my book, The Divine Mind: Exploring the Psychological History of God’s Inner Journey, published by Prometheus Books in 2018. The book tells the story ...
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Reflections Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Donna Glee Williams, Jay Joslin
This reoccupation of an ancient myth is a rare example of collaborative dream-based fiction in which one author, Jay Joslin, dreamed the story and the other author, Donna Glee Williams, wrote it.
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The Cosmic Tree is Rending Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Holly J. Fincher
This essay examines a selection of dreams all seeming to converge in a synchronistic manner at various points during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shifting tides of humanity are easiest to witness and...
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A Road Story Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Carole Standish Mora
While driving home from her unsatisfying part-time job, Sara, a young, struggling single parent, sees a well-dressed elderly woman named Greta stranded on the roadside seeking a lift while her husb...
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The Mother Suite Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Leah Shelleda
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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Solutio Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Mary Ellen Feldman
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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Nigredo Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Mary Feldman
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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Book Review Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Reviewed by Robin Wynslow
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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Film Review Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Reviewed by Ronald Schenk
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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Correction Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-02-23
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 3, 2023)
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About the Artist: Luchita Hurtado Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Nancy Mozur
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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Dual Realms in Divination, Psychology, and Physics Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 J. Linn Mackey
Ancient and traditional cultures have claimed another realm exists beyond everyday experience that can be accessed by shamanic and divination methods. Modern science views such claims with suspicio...
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At the Edge of the Enigma: On the Poetry of Diane Frank Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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The New Golden Age: Individuation in Old Age and Preparation for Death Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 James Brandenburg
This article explores preparation for death from a depth psychological perspective, drawing deeply on Jung’s concept of individuation, and circumambulates the question of whether there is life afte...
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Heron, Improbably on Main Street Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Diane Lee Moomey
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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Book Review Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Dennis Patrick Slattery
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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Film Review Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Dennis Patrick Slattery
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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Thresholds and Liminality Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Pamela Freundl Kirst
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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The Medial and the Mother: A Complex Relationship between Archetypes Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Roberta Bassett Corson
Toni Wolff posited her theory of the “Structural Forms of the Feminine Psyche” in the mid-20th century. In this work she named four feminine archetypes: mother, hetaira, amazon, and medial. While t...
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Reptilian Redemption Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Lindsey D. Geiger
This essay utilizes a series of alchemical images, including snake, dragon, Melusine, and duplex Mercurius, using amplification and case material to illustrate aspects and stages of trauma recovery...
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The Fertility of Failure Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Cacky Mellor
Consciously engaging with the ensouled world is a central aspect of depth psychology. One practice for fostering this relational connection is participating in noticia. This short essay introduces ...
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Apiarian Lament—the Gardener Speaks Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Diane Lee Moomey
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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Reunion Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Diane Lee Moomey
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 2, 2023)
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The Exile Complex Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Lourdes Hernandez
To be exiled is to be psychologically dismembered from all that one is, has been, and believes oneself to be. The rupture of belonging, identity, ancestral rootedness, and mythic centering are some...
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When Shame Becomes Deadly: The Relationship between Suicidality and Shame; a Personal Perspective Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Christi Taylor-Jones
Following the death by suicide of a client of mine and after many years working with suicidal clients, I recognized a common thread: that of shame. Then my own brother committed suicide, and this b...
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Hot Flashes as Dream Symbols Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Donna Glee Williams
In the spirit of dreamwork and poetry, this essay explores the experience and conceptual drapery of the hot flash as if it were not an objective reality but a symbol. Looking not for one single cor...
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“Opening the Heart”: A Follow-up Enterview with Steve Parker Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Robert S. Henderson
Stones are both heavily symbolic and down to earth. In response to a severe heart attack 20 years ago, Steve Parker began working with stones to create a place to retreat and a haven to heal. The s...
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Apollo Online: Apollonian Consciousness in Far-Right Internet Subcultures Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Elliott Morgan
The internet has afforded modern culture unprecedented forms of communication, but it has also led to pockets of isolation that reinforce one’s most unconscious impulses. One example of this shadow...
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The Red Admiral’s Wing: Toward a Gaian Individuation Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Stephan P. Harding
Here I explore an individuation process (my own), lived through the making of The Red Admiral’s Wing, a mandala emerging from an extended conversation between the Gaiascope (a physical device for fostering deep ecological experiences), the I Ching, and the Azoth mandala of the 17th century alchemist Basil Valentine. The elucidation and emergence of The Red Admiral’s Wing required combining a contemplative
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The Rainmaker Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Thomas Elsner
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Conversation about Synchronicity with Marie-Louise von Franz Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Marie-Louise von Franz, Robin Mindell, Roy Freeman
Following is the content of a conversation with Marie-Louise von Franz about the concept of synchronicity. As part of a study group, Robin Mindell and Roy Freeman worked on the concept of synchronicity and thus came to interview M.-L. von Franz in her home in Küsnacht in order to find answers to their questions. The complete set of conversations with M.-L. von Franz on psyche and the sciences is soon
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The Soul’s Invisible Life Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Laurel Howe
This essay responds to Wolfgang Giegerich’s assertions as expressed in Daniel Anderson’s “The Soul’s Logical Life and Jungian Schisms” in Psychological Perspectives Vol. 64, Issue 1, “The Star in Man”—that because God has been declared dead the soul cannot be a divine phenomenon, and that C. G. Jung was unconsciously split, agreeing that God is dead but referring to his own experiences of the divine
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Synchronicity: A Glimpse of the Higher Power? Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 John Hart Young
Carl Jung’s theory of synchronicity is defined by Jung as the “occurrence of a certain psychic state with one or more external events which appear as meaningful parallels to the momentary subjective state.” Fundamental to this proposal, developed with physicist Wolfgang Pauli, is the profound assertion that the acausal nature of synchronicity is “equal in rank to causality as a principle of explanation
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Jung’s Snails Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Christine M. Du Bois
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Intimate Awareness Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Rob Henderson
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Being Seen Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Sara Dennis
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Individuation Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Sara Dennis
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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The Divine Mind: Exploring the Psychological History of God’s Inner Journey. (2018). By Michael Gellert. Prometheus. Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 J. Gordon Nelson
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Film Review Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Steven Galipeau
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 66, No. 1, 2023)
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Approaching a Script for Essentials of Senegal, Fish, Dance, and Water Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Susanna Knittel
Following a spark ignited by witnessing a Sabar dancer and drummer as a young woman in Senegal, this first draft of a filmscript follows the author back to Senegal many decades later. She must get to the bottom of this initiatory eros experience. A synchronicity leads her to the same city where she worked a long time ago, now a guest of a well-known drummer family. She starts filming their traditional
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Inanna and Osiris: Alchemical Functions of the Individuation Process Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Thom F. Cavalli
Research is just that—looking back over and over again at material through fresh eyes. In preparing for a workshop, I was drawn once more to the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna, especially her descent into the underworld where she is murdered and her skin flayed. This archetypal story represents an important dynamic in the individuation process that involves persona and shadow. The Egyptian myth of
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Mathew Spano: Featured Poet—“Romulus and Remus,” “Caravaggio’s Heads,” “Gesualdo’s Dreams,” “Monogamy” and “Cézanne’s Still Life with Apples” Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 65, No. 3-4, 2022)
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Psyche Speaks: In Memoriam of Margaret Johnson-Gaddis Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 65, No. 3-4, 2022)
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About the Artist: Thea Robertshaw Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Susanna Meiers
Published in Psychological Perspectives: A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought (Vol. 65, No. 3-4, 2022)
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In Memoriam: Robert Bly Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
There are stories long told that have never been understood… There are moments when the gold sun in Lisbon is gone. We see houses in our dreams that need to be repaired And horses that no one has fed for three weeks… –Robert Bly (Citation1994, pp. 7–8)
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Lilith, Inanna, and God Images in Myth: Working with Relational Trauma in Jungian Analysis Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Karen A. Lipsky
This paper explores and defines trauma and several patterns of adaptive responses within a self-care system partially using the framework of Donald Kalsched. It examines two ancient myths: one, the myth of Lilith and Inanna; and two, the myth of Lilith, Adam, and God. The first myth is set within a matriarchal culture and the second myth within a patriarchal culture. These stories are analyzed through
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Dennis Merritt, Kevin Lu, Frazer Merritt
The publication of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in January of 1886 created a shock wave in the consciousness of its readers. It was an instant success in and beyond the literary world as people were confronted with the uneasy thought that evil originated within the individual and not from an external source like the Devil. This was nine years before Freud conducted
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Melancholia Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Susan McGuire
A heuristic, mythopoetic approach is taken in evaluating the condition of melancholy, which is commonly viewed as a pathology of the soul. Drawing on classical myth, historic philosophical theory, representations of melancholy in classical arts and poetry, and modern music, a creative, productive way of accepting and living with the condition is presented. My focus is to explore internal experiences
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Fits and Seizures: Dog as Therapist to the Analyst Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Pamela J. Power
The author compares idiopathic epilepsy in her dog to her own life-long emotional “fits” in search of deeper understanding. Delving into the mechanisms of both conditions, she explores the dog-human connection and seeks amelioration of problematic symptoms—for both. She considers the personal, practical, and transpersonal dimensions. God is an ailment man has to cure… –Jung (1975 Jung, C. G. (1975)
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I Dreamt Last Night of the Three Weird Sisters: Mothers, Daughters, and “The Three Spinners” Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Carolyn Mikulencak
This essay explores the complex relationship between mothers and daughters by looking at both the Grimms’ fairy tale “The Three Spinners” and my own experience, imagined and real, of being a daughter to my mother.
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Letter to Jim: Four Poems of Water and Soul Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Katrina Hays
This letter to the author’s Jungian therapist discusses the process by which therapy and the practice of writing align in a mysterious connection between upwelling unconscious and the divine interaction with human creativity. The attendant four poems investigate the haunted spaces of the psyche where self-hatred and physical harm jostle with the insistences of soul. The frame of depth work, a writing
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The Alchemy of Cooking Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Hina Khan
This essay recounts the author’s experience of growing up in a traditional Pakistani home, centered around a patriarchal culture in which men are the protectors and providers of the home and women are the caretakers. The reader is taken on a journey in which the writer moves to the United States, undergoes a drastic individuation process, and finds herself in a relationship with someone who embodies
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The Magic Table Psychological Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Marilyn Marshall, Constance Romero
This short story was inspired by the gathering of three female analysts and myself, Marilyn Marshall, all members of the faculty of the New Orleans Jungian Seminar (a training seminar with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts). The four of us began to meet for long weekends to discuss our stories, our dreams—our journeys with Psyche. Without agenda or goal, other than to be together in what