What’s Really Behind Climate Change?

December 18, 2009

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“Before the Great War all intelligent people said: ” We shall not have any more war, we are far too reasonable to let it happen, and our commerce and finance are so interlaced internationally that war is absolutely out of the question.” And then produced the most gorgeous [...]

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Limit and Infinity

December 16, 2009

Convictions both liberate and limit. As we reap the energy of our any new found confidence we are often unaware of the exclusion taking place. Grabbing hold of one aspect of reality in effect dismisses the value of it’s opposite.
Jung teaches that the structure of the psyche itself is based on [...]

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Orbs

December 14, 2009

Ornaments placed on the tree seem to capture this symbol of the autonomous aspects of the psyche quite well.
I can vividly recall the favorite ornament of my youth, a small ball, greenish, cut with a small plastic reindeer within.
As our family accrues tradition as we visit this side of the Earth’s orbit, [...]

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The Year in Review at the Cottage

December 11, 2009

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There’s a couple of ways to skin a raccoon, but only one that preserves the value of the pelt.  So a list of posts from 2009 that takes into account a secret procedure, similar to that which is used to convert wood into charcoal, has determined that these seven get [...]

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Finding Destiny in the Personal Threads of Trauma

December 10, 2009

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Analysis is a descent into the well of one’s being, exploring the many landmark’s that anchor the personal story and welcoming the archetypal motifs that rise to meet and color one’s perspective.  It’s a process where the depths take precedence.  As the mystery unfolds session after session, different arcs begin to relate in [...]

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Desert and Descent : Carl Jung’s Red Book

December 6, 2009

“But who can withstand fear when the divine intoxication and madness comes to him? Love, soul, and God are beautiful and terrible. The ancients brought over some of the beautiful that it appeared to the spirit of the time to be fulfillment, and better than the bosom of the Godhead. The frightfulness [...]

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Flurries in the Catskills

December 5, 2009

Each season has it’s splendor…

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Soul and God : Carl Jung’s Red Book

December 5, 2009

As a matter of approach, it’s helpful to consider The Red Book as an account of an extended active imagination, that technique that Jung at times hints at, at times elucidates, whereby the conscious mind loosens it’s grip enough to allow the unfolding of a waken dream.
“Although previously he had made some attempts to fathom [...]

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Join the Dream Weavers Wave

December 3, 2009

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Fourteen of us so far are planning on exploring the subject of dreams on Monday nights at 9:30 EST.  This informal seminar will allow members to share and respond to each others dreams, explore a Jungian approach to dream analysis, play with google wave’s collaborative capabilities by performing a group [...]

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Dream Weavers

November 30, 2009

I’m creating a dream seminar over on Google Wave, that will be loosely structured. Twice a week I’ll commit to being present for some live surfing, but I imagine that the activity will spill over and take on a life of its own.
So, what to expect. Each week I’ll provide some aspects of [...]

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