Jungstop
The first and last stop on your Jungian journey.
Welcome to my blog, Jungstop. Jungstop is your destination for lively commentary on life, dreams, and spirituality viewed through a Jungian lens….
In In part I of this series I shared a number of dreams in which the dreamers felt they had witnessed the spiritual presence of a deceased relative or friend. Although it is true that the other people in our dreams–living or deceased–usually represent a part of our personality that is like that person, it was…
The bluesman said, “The soul of the modern American wanders through a desert in search of water, while his ego dines on plastic food and splashes about in a child’s pool, pretending it’s the ocean.” And then he paused, his gaze piercing the heart of those present. “Chances are your soul is starving. It’s hard…
A young woman attended a “green” concert recently. The three-day extravaganza of music and ecology-oriented vendors drew thousands of college-age and older adults from across the country. Reminiscent of Woodstock and the Sixties, drugs were plentiful. Their use was viewed by many as essential to a peak concert experience. It is interesting, but mostly sad,…
Shoes are interesting things. Sometimes they can tell you a lot about a person. A professional tracker, for instance, can discern the approximate weight, posture, and gait of an individual just by examining the imprint of the sole of their shoe upon soft ground. We can also make fairly accurate guesses about a person’s occupation,…
I have never really been a fan of grading on a curve. It has always seemed to me that a student’s relationship to the subject matter rather than his rank among his classmates should define his grade. Although grading based on a curve may encourage study by creating competition between students, it also sends the…
Separation is an important process in life. We separate the wheat from the chaff in order to make flour, and the cream from the milk to make butter. We separate the metal from the rock to gather gold, and the truth from the lies and illusions in order to see reality. We separate things because…
New research shows that precious metals form from the collision of two neutron stars. A similar type of process is at work in the formation of our own inner gold.
“Go deep” the quarterback said to the receiver before the team broke huddle and returned to the line of scrimmage. “Go deep” means that the receiver is to run deep into the opponent’s territory and be ready for a long pass. Long passes, “Hail Mary’s” as they are sometimes called, can be very exciting plays.…
Prometheus brought light to humanity and was punished for it. Light is a symbol of consciousness, and growth in our own consciousness is typically achieved only through pain and sacrifice. The myth of Prometheus endures because it speaks to our own life experiences.
We are part of the psyche like a cell is part of the body. We are meant to assist the psyche in its ever-unfolding creation, passion, and life.
