Essays

Sacred Mother

Sacred, complex, and emotionally powerful, the Mother Archetype is the most influential pattern in the collective unconscious. Consequently, relationships with mothers often feel fraught.

Second in a new series, The Mother, at The Third Eve.

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Stupid & Hurtful Things People Say

People say [unkind] things to relieve themselves of feelings of pain, anxiety, and loss, not to offer you any relief. It is, in fact, a denial of your humanity to say those things.
Lamentations

“There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.” (U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the death of his first son at age three).
Breakdown

What person could possibly handle all this, and such a fragile child, with limited help, and not scream at some point?
Malefic Saturn

Saturn: A distant planet. A mythic father who devours. A figure etched with themes of time and restraint, limitations and consequences, and overarching themes of boundaries, discipline, and inevitability—all these are symbols of Saturn.