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To Our Health! (“Historic Steps from Three to Four”)
“One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth…?”[1] Amid much fanfare earlier this month the United States Department of Agriculture, (USDA) unveiled a new food guide icon with the help of first lady Michelle Obama. Replacing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Arab Spring, C.G. Jung, depth psychology, Edward Edinger, Ego & Archetype, feeling, feminine, food pyramid, four, my dear Timaeus, MyPlate, perfection, Pope Pius XII, quaternity, Robert Johnson, symbol, The Assumption of Mary, The Da Vinci Code, the missing fourth, The move from three to four, three, USDA, wholeness
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James Hillman’s Shift to Soul-Making (“From Anima-Mess to Anima-Vessel”)
Psychologist James Hillman is best known as the founder of archetypal psychology – a branch of depth psychology that developed out of and has found its place alongside Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and C.G. Jung’s analytical psychology. And if there is … Continue reading
In the Aftermath of Tucson IV (“The Tree of Life”)
Both a legend from the Bible and a dream from one of the 20th century’s more infamous murderers were compared in last week’s post to dreams and visions of alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. In all cases, it would seem … Continue reading
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Tagged depth psychology, dreams, ego-Self, power principle, sin, Tucson, unconscious
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In the Aftermath of Tucson III (“Lack of Earthly Reality”)
The David Brooks quote which opened the first “In the Aftermath of Tucson” post will serve again as a jumping off point for this and the next blog post: “Civility is a tree with deep roots, and without the roots, it can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged depth psychology, dreams, power principle, sin, Tucson, unconscious
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The Myth of Blood Libel V (“Sacrifice of Innocence”)
This post attempts to more clearly connect the previous entries in the “Blood Libel” series to the shootings in Tucson. If readers have read these earlier entries in puzzlement, wondering what ideas such as persona, shadow and shame, individuation, or … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, depth psychology, ego, exceptionalism, human sacrifice, innocence, myth, persona, sacrifice, Self, shadow, shame, Tucson, unconscious
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The Myth of Blood Libel IV (“Exceptionalism & The Chosen People”)
At the heart of analytical psychology there is an important idea which Mythfire has surprisingly not yet mentioned. Some might consider it analytical psychology’s most central idea: individuation, defined by psychologist Murray Stein as “The process of psychic development that leads to … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, depth psychology, exceptionalism, god, individualism, individuation, Palin, persona, projection, Self, shadow, shame, Tucson
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The Myth of Blood Libel III (“The Shame Game”)
These blog posts on “blood libel” have thus far attempted to introduce readers to a few ideas basic to analytical psychology, namely those of the persona and the shadow. The former idea may be a bit easier for readers to … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, depth psychology, empathy, persona, projection, shadow, shame, Tucson, unconscious
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Mythfire Looks Forward (“The Power of the Unconscious”)
Mythfire is a work in progress. Whether we look at ourselves individually or collectively aren’t we all a work in progress? This is one of the most basic themes of this blog site. Another basic theme of this site is … Continue reading
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Tagged depth psychology, ego, irrational, non-rational, Self, synchronicity, unconscious
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Myth & Justice VI.7 (“Restorative Justice II”)
In the previous blog the phrase “restorative justice” referred to Mythfire’s contention that a balance between masculine and feminine, thinking and feeling must be restored to our contemporary understanding of jurisprudence. This “Myth & Justice” series as a whole has admittedly … Continue reading
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Tagged Athena, depth psychology, empathy, feeling, goddess, heart, image, In God We Trust, Justice, myth, Sophia, symbol, tension of the opposites, Themis, thinking function, typology, wisdom
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Mythfire – A Beginning…
Words & Images. Signs & Symbols. Archetypes & Instincts. Myths & Rituals. Inner Lives & Outer Worlds. Even coming up with an opening line for this first blog is fraught with problems – problems that any honest discussion of mythology … Continue reading