Jung, Tolkein, and the Imaginal Realm by Becca Tarnas Beginning in the years leading up to the Great War, both C. G. Jung and J. R. R. Tolkien independently began to undergo profound imaginal experiences. Jung recorded these fantasies in a large red manuscript that he named Liber Novus, referred to simply as The Red […]

by Rebecca & Dennis Pottenger In our troubled times we come together to follow James Hillman’s operations of soul-making to engage with aspects of soul that seek expression in the world through us. Both Hillman and Jung stressed the need to tend to the world we live in. Jung wrote that the project of individuation […]

by Rich Ryan Music is the most direct and mysterious way of conveying and evoking feeling. It is a way of connecting one consciousness to another. I think the nearest thing to telepathy is making music together. –Oliver Sacks Carl Jung discovered the process he later named Active Imagination during his “encounter with his unconscious.” […]

by Rich Ryan Music is the most direct and mysterious way of conveying and evoking feeling. It is a way of connecting one consciousness to another. I think the nearest thing to telepathy is making music together. –Oliver Sacks Carl Jung discovered the process he later named Active Imagination during his “encounter with his unconscious.” […]

by Sarah Hoagland What does it mean for a woman to be a Virgin-spiritually and psychologically-one-unto herself? How is creative process linked to individuation, allowing the I-thou relationship to unfold and serve as a mirror to one’s emerging authentic personality? Why might women require solitude and a “Room of One’s Own” in order to strip […]

by Sarah Hoagland What does it mean for a woman to be a Virgin-spiritually and psychologically-one-unto herself? How is creative process linked to individuation, allowing the I-thou relationship to unfold and serve as a mirror to one’s emerging authentic personality? Why might women require solitude and a “Room of One’s Own” in order to strip […]

By FRANCES HATFIELD Χαίρε παθών τό πάθημα τό δ̕ ο̕ύπω προσθ̕ ̕επεπόνθειςΘεός ̕εγένου ̕ε̕ξ ̕ανθρώπου έ̕ριϕος ̕ες γάλα έ̕πετες Greetings, you who have suffered the Suffering, like you never did before. Out of a mortal, you have become a god.A kid, you fell into milk. This text is an example of many found inscribed on gold leaves and placed in the […]

By FRANCES HATFIELD Χαίρε παθών τό πάθημα τό δ̕ ο̕ύπω προσθ̕ ̕επεπόνθειςΘεός ̕εγένου ̕ε̕ξ ̕ανθρώπου έ̕ριϕος ̕ες γάλα έ̕πετες Greetings, you who have suffered the Suffering, like you never did before. Out of a mortal, you have become a god.A kid, you fell into milk. This text is an example of many found inscribed on gold leaves and placed in the […]

By BARBARA HOLIFIELD The body is a portal to the numinous dimensions of the soul’s life—to healing and wholeness that goes far beyond just the relief of traumatic symptoms, leading to a greater access to feelings and a renewed sense of soulful aliveness. Jungian Analysis and Depth Psychology turn toward the deepest currents of the […]

By BARBARA HOLIFIELD The body is a portal to the numinous dimensions of the soul’s life—to healing and wholeness that goes far beyond just the relief of traumatic symptoms, leading to a greater access to feelings and a renewed sense of soulful aliveness. Jungian Analysis and Depth Psychology turn toward the deepest currents of the […]