What’s your worst fear? For many, it’s being ridiculed or rejected – by their community, their family, or their loved ones. Do you remember the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling? A little creature emerges from an egg and finds himself in a nest of ducklings, but he looks… different. And the others pick on him. [...]
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the ugly duckling
Posted in animals, contemplation, nature, soul, spirituality, wellness
Also tagged analysis, archetypes, belonging, Byron Katie, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, fairy tales, folk tales, inquiry, interpretation, personal development, personal growth, soul, The Ugly Duckling, The Work, Theater of the Imagination
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discerning
The complement of receiving is discerning. I mentioned it briefly in my previous post. Whereas receving is feminine, discerning is masculine – and a skill that is equally necessary for both women and men to strengthen. Discernment asks the questions: What is this energy? Is this me? Or does this energy belong to somebody or [...]
Posted in contemplation, rituals, wellness
Also tagged depth psychology, discerning, discernment, personal growth, receiving, receptivity
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empty rituals
Some more quotes from Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, from an interview with Heartwood journal: Q: What do you think is the most undermining issue in our culture? MW: Confusion between personal and transpersonal energies. Identifying with archetypal energy instead of relating to it and, therefore, failing to live our individual lives. Television and movies and [...]
Posted in bodywork, contemplation, relationships, rituals, wellness
Also tagged Conscious Femininity, depth psychology, Heartwood, Marion Woodman
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dancing in the flames
Image of Marion Woodman from the documentary Dancing in the Flames, copyright 2009. I’ve been writing about ritual for several days, and part of me feels completely inadequate for the task. I feel like I’ve been spinning my words around and around, without really getting anywhere. Why is this so important to me? What am [...]
Posted in bodywork, contemplation, dreams, rituals, wellness
Also tagged analysis, Carl Jung, Dancing in the Flames, depth psychology, dreams, Marion Woodman, ritual
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ritual gone wrong: addiction
In my 20s and 30s, I used to binge on food regularly. A binge would start when I couldn’t stop thinking about an item of food I really wanted to eat. I was either in school or had a job all day, so I would spend hours planning my binge in my mind: What I [...]
Posted in contemplation, rituals, wellness
Also tagged addiction, Addiction to Perfection, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, ritual
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archetypal energy
Have you ever been possessed by a mood or an emotion? Have you been in love, and felt so much agony that you thought you might die if you couldn’t spend more time with the person you loved? Have you ever lashed out at someone in anger or sadness, and then afterwards wondered to yourself, [...]
temenos (sacred vessel)
I became interested in Jungian psychology in high school, when we read Robertson Davies' Fifth Business in Grade 13 English class, and our teacher explored some of the Jungian themes in Davies’ work. I didn’t know it at the time, but one of the previous English teachers at my high school had become a well-respected [...]
Posted in art, home, rituals, wellness
Also tagged alchemy, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, prima materia, sacred vessel, temenos
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