Category: Psychology
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Shakespeare 102
It takes extraordinary courage to let go of pain suffered as the result of (perceived) past injustices.
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Shakespeare 101
The awful truth is that the two daughters who had once easily flattered him, have now viciously turned against him and unable to bear this reality, Lear slowly goes mad.
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Wyrd is Weird (or is it?)
The word ‘wyrd’ is an Anglo-Saxon term which literally means ‘that which has turned’ or ‘that which has become’.
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Jupiter Rising?
Why do you figure that the phrase ‘Annuit Coeptis’ hovering over the pyramid on the US dollar bill is taken from a line from Virgil’s Aeneid, ‘Jupiter, favour us in our undertaking’?
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A Tale of Two Heroines & The Acorn Theory
Hillman reminds us although mainstream Western society would have us believe otherwise, life was never meant to be an ego-fuelled race to the finish-line.
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Character & Calling (Part 5)
In modern western society, we are addicted to the societal fantasy that in bringing us up (or failing to do so), our parents screw us up.
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Astrological Themes in Play for 2022
If you need some extra energy to get things done, this is perfect time! But please, don’t get carried away.
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The Twelve Holy Nights
It’s difficult to imagine a more auspicious time to release the old and set oneself in good stead for the new.
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Finding Balance with the Cancer/Capricorn Polarity
Do not underestimate the tension inherent in confronting that which we are not (i.e. the ‘other’).
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Anatomy of a mythological hero
But whilst for Freud heroism revolves around human parental relationships, for Jung it revolves around the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious.