Category Archives: Culture
Reverence for Life (“Ethical Fundamentalism”)
Last week’s post attempted to place us inside the Chauvet caves in France so that we might once again stand awestruck, surrounded on all sides by thirty thousand year-old cave paintings and the ultimate mystery they represent. The way of the animal … Continue reading
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The Royal Wedding (“Coniunctio & Wholeness”)
One of the central concepts in analytical psychology is that of the coniunctio, a Latin term meaning conjunction or union. In essence the idea is this: instead of striving to achieve some elevated form of perfection, i.e. in our personality, … Continue reading
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The Intoxicating Power of Flight (“Puermen & Ironmen”)
The story of Icarus provides one of the more widely known examples from mythology of the puer aeternus, or eternal youth, an archetypal figure introduced in the two prior Mythfire posts. Impetuous, curious, “intoxicated with the power to fly,” and … Continue reading
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The Epic Behavior of Carlos Estevez (“What’s in a Name?”)
This week’s blog takes a somewhat lighthearted view of a phenomenon that some of you may have noticed from time to time. Mythfire’s interest in this phenomenon was piqued a couple weeks back after reading a footnote in C.G. Jung’s … Continue reading
The Epic Behavior of Charlie Sheen (“Oh, To Have Adonis DNA and Tiger-Blood!”)
Last week’s post suggested that the drama of sporting events invariably provides a spiritual experience of enthusiasm, even ecstasy, for both athletes and spectators. Someone versed in depth psychology and/or mythological studies might look at that experience and identify the … Continue reading
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