Category: Soul & Symbol: Perspectives in Depth Psychology

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Depth psychology is the study of the soul in its wildest, most honest form. Here, we look through the lens of Soul and Symbol to move beyond clinical labels, beholding the dreams, archetypes, and hidden complexes that pulse beneath the surface of conscious awareness. Drawing from the wells of Jung, Freud, and other mythic traditions, these perspectives bridge the gap between our daily routines and the profound mysteries of the inner world.

  • Going Back, Moving Forward

    Going Back, Moving Forward

    Vibrant elders are still teaching, still contributing, living in growing intellectual communities. They’ve kept living fully and authentically and are still very much needed and respected.

  • Orphan Quest: Finding One’s Myth

    Orphan Quest: Finding One’s Myth

    Jung wrote, “I am an orphan, alone,” because orphanhood is at the core of every human being.

  • On Technology

    On Technology

    We seem no different from our most primitive ancestors who believed in demonic possession. We who are so sophisticated can’t understand the lure of social media or other technologies we use as substances that dull the anxiety of being alive.

  • Knots

    Knots

    We’re tested and proved through what we do when what’s most dear to us is threatened or taken away. We see who we really are when we’re our most vulnerable. Vulnerability also shows us where our boundaries are.

  • Beautiful Babes

    Beautiful Babes

    A mother has far less power over her children than the archetypes projected upon her by the culture or by her own children as if they were real.

  • Twins

    Twins

    From these myths of twins we can see that being cheated out of something valuable can cause serious consequences, even death.

  • Good Help is Hard to Find

    Good Help is Hard to Find

    The goal of psychotherapy is healthy, reciprocal relationships with others. It is also to become aware of when others unconsciously manipulate you to get their own needs met. If you can do that after receiving help, you have arrived.

  • Little Did He Know

    Little Did He Know

    A month after my husband’s death, I wrote that I had discovered the substance of my faith and “found out what’s true for me.” But I don’t know a damn thing today.

  • Moving On

    Moving On

    Sometimes we have to move on, because what is no longer necessary or supportive of growth must be let go.

  • The Divine Couple

    The Divine Couple

    The problems with becoming whole are the obstacles in the way, not the least of which can be oneself.