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In the Aftermath of Tucson II (“Moral Imaginations”)
At about the twenty minute mark of his memorial address in Tucson last month, President Obama included these impassioned words: “But what we can’t do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another. As we … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, ego, empathy, feeling, heart, imagination, moral imagination, morality, myth, persona, projection, shadow, symbol, Tucson
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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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The Myth of Blood Libel II (“Owning Your Shadow”)
This post continues to look at Sarah Palin’s post-Tucson “blood libel” video.[1] Last week, Mythfire suggested that each of us possesses what Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung calls a persona, further defined by analytical psychologist Murray Stein as “the psycho-social identity … Continue reading
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Tagged blood libel, empathy, Palin, persona, projection, shadow, soul, Tucson, unconscious
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