Recently, I watched an episode of Nova ScienceNow on sleep that demonstrated some of the power and mystery of the unconscious mind. In the episode the host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, reports on some of the latest research that shows a strong link between learning and sleep. Sleep and Learning Photo courtesy of pedrosimoes7(CC Attribution) There […]
In my previous two posts I have written about the call to adventure and the journey to find one’s own voice that follows that call. In this post I want to talk about what it means to begin speaking out and the courage it takes to do so. At the conclusion of my post Hearing […]
Last week I wrote about the call that initiates us on our own personal hero’s journey and suggested that sometimes that calling takes the form, initially, of depression. According to Jungian analyst, Aldo Carotenuto, the symbol of the call is “the image of the person who breaks with the past, his or her preceding life, […]
The Hero’s Journey From the perspective of Jungian Psychology, myths and fairy tales are images of typical psychological experiences presented in story form. As Joseph Campbell demonstrated in his seminal book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the mythological motif of the hero’s journey is one of the most ubiquitous themes in mythology. The journey […]