An Ode to Bob Dylan This is the song of Bob Dylan, smoking a cig, leanin’ back and chillin’, a troubadour that knows what’s for, with songs that linger outside your door. A friend of Woody Guthrie he, speaks of life down by the sea, with words that drop you to your knee, loose your…
This post explores the psychology of Donald Trump from a depth psychology perspective. Trump’s behavior offers a clear example of egocentricity and its parallel effects in society.
“Character counts.” It’s a statement you encounter every so often. Sometimes you see it on bumper stickers or grade school billboards. It’s a statement that has become a bit cliché; its meaning weakened from overuse. That is to be expected, I suppose, but it is also a shame, for the truth is that character does…
A 30-year-old man dreamed:I was hanging out or planning to hang out with Gary Gulman (comedian). I was at the store looking for a Tombstone frozen pizza. I reached into the freezer and tried to find one that was cold because some of them were actually hot, like one had the cheese already melted. The…
Sharing his observations on where people in tribal societies look to find their healers, Carl Jung writes:What happens regularly is easily observed because we are prepared for it. Knowledge and skill are only needed in situations where the course of events is arbitrarily disrupted in a way hard to fathom. Generally it is one of…
Chorus: You have a voice that longs to be set free.Take it to the crowd, take it to the crowd, take it to the crowd…set it free! Long is the journey, life will not be hurried.Into the dark depths the gold thread leads.See the miners digging, sometimes even singing.The ballad of Sophia guides them to…
Watching a military battle scene re-enactment recently, I pondered what it is that allows soldiers to knowingly run into the direct fire of the enemy, fully aware that they will almost certainly be killed? Closer to home, what moves a firefighter or a parent to run into a burning house to save a child? What…
“I think my late 70’s would be a good time to die,” she said and then reasoned, “In your 70’s your health is usually still good, and your mind as well. By 80 your quality of life usually drops off, if it hasn’t already. I don’t want to be old and decrepit. Worst of all,…
Through protest and social media you made your standpoint known,And you imagine that you’ve done something…not much, it will be shown. You’ve hopped aboard that big cruise ship that everyone says is rad,And you’ll deny with all your heart you booked tickets on a social fad. You wave your signs, you point and chant: “That’s…
Malignant egocentricity is a term that aptly describes the psychology of many dictators, dictator wannabes, and sometimes even people like you and me. In order to understand this term, it is important to have some understanding of the structure and nature of the psyche. The ego is the center of the conscious personality. It is…