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What 21st Century Women Might Learn From Simone de Beauvoir
It is sobering to realise that the immense popularity, especially with younger women, of the feminine paradigm Carrie represents, provides a gauge on how 21st century women view themselves as women.
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On the Passing of an Elderly neighbour
Today, on a brisk, sunny day in the bowels of winter, I discovered that my neighbour, a frail and fiercely proud elderly lady, had died. I learned of this sad event when, while on my way to the grocery store, I saw a shiny black hearse surrounded by small crowd of well-wishers outside her door.…
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Working with the I CHING AND HORARY ASTROLOGY
When the anima and animus meet, there is necessarily tension as the animus draws his sword of power and the anima ejects her poison of illusion and seduction (Jung, “The Collected Works” pp 14-15). Jung believed when this happens, both animus and anima behave like systems split off from the personality, or ‘like part souls’
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Tatterhood – a Norwegian Fairy-tale/original drama
Tatterhood (A Norwegian Fairy-tale) / original drama by Debra Moolenaar Players: Daisy (D)– the beautiful daughter Bella Dona (BD)– the ugly daughter with her goat and wooden spoon Queen Jessamine (QJ)– the Queen Pansy (P) – the maid Christmas Eve witch (CEW) ___________________________ (continued – previously, encouraged by her maid, Pansy, Queen Jessamine ate…
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Tatterhood (A Norwegian Fairytale)/ Original Drama
Tatterhood (A Norwegian Fairytale) / Original Drama by Debra Moolenaar Players: Daisy (D)– the beautiful daughter Bella Dona (BD)– the ugly daughter with her goat and wooden spoon Queen Jessamine (QJ)– the Queen Pansy (P) – the maid Christmas Eve witch (CEW) ACT ONE / SCENE ONE QJ: Where is my maid? Why is it so…
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Capricorns always win/ but why?
Like the hare and the tortoise, Capricorn doesn’t win because of his speed.
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Saturn/ A Myth for Capricorns
Like the author and lecturer Joseph Campbell (The Power of Myths), I’m a firm proponent that myths express archetypal motifs that play a huge role in human experience. Further, because I believe that we are in large part unconscious of the power myths exert in our lives, I advocate making a special effort to understand…
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Boxing Day Tradition/The Spirit of Christmas
Traditionally, Boxing Day was the day when those who ‘have’ gave something to those who ‘have not’ – like coins dropped in the special alms box at church or presents given to the servants. May sound condescending to modern minds, but perhaps the gesture was better received than we imagine. At any rate, these days…
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Christ Consciousness at Christmas
Whether or not you celebrate Christmas as the birthday of Christ, a boy named Jesus born in Bethlehem two thousand years ago, by revisiting the concept of ‘Christ consciousness’ you may find the holiday season more meaningful. The Jesuit priest, philosopher, and palaeontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, used the term ‘Christ consciousness’ to denote an…
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One Enchanted Evening/original short fiction
One Enchanted Evening by Debra Moolenaar On such an enchanted evening, nothing could go wrong. A soft summer breeze before Easter was a good omen and just look at those candy cane clouds. After battling her way off the number 7 tram at Leidseplein, Astrid hurried to the agreed-upon meeting spot. Stationing herself between…
ARCHETYPAL ASSETS
Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar