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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
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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Myth & Justice VI.6 (“Restorative Justice”)
The six installments in this “Myth & Justice VI” blog post are all connected to the idea of empathy as a rational concern for the plight or well-being of the other or others. These and the previous series installments have … Continue reading
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Tagged empathy, feeling, goddess, In God We Trust, Justice, soul, Themis, thinking function, truth, typology
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Myth & Justice II (“Roman Polanski & The Goddess Justice”)
The last blog entry entitled Myth & Justice (“Image is Everything”) argued in essence that “everything is image.” The language, motifs, and images with which we surround ourselves come from deeply felt needs and intuitions within the psyche, or unconscious. … Continue reading
Myth – A Preliminary “Playful” Definition (Or “Why So Serious???”)
Discussing myth, religion or any other subject held sacrosanct by its adherents can quickly become a very serious matter indeed. Mythfire will strive to take a slightly different approach – a more playful approach. However, “play” here is meant in … Continue reading