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Illness and the River of Life

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 6, 2020 | Biology, Consciousness, Editorial, Individuation, Poetry

The Mississippi River, one of the great world rivers, starts as a small stream in Northern Minnesota, where it flows from one of the thousands of Minnesota lakes. As the river travels south it gathers speed and size before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico in...

The Puppet Master and the Free Man

by Jeff Howlin | Jul 20, 2019 | Archetypes, Complex, Consciousness, Ethics, Evil, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Shadow, Soul, Trauma/PTSD, Unconscious

Although it will require some effort, there can be moments in your life when you are truly a free man or a free woman, no matter your circumstances.  During those times, when you are a free woman or a free man, you may discover that they are the most insightful and...

Becoming Yourself; Becoming Someone Else

by Jeff Howlin | Oct 16, 2018 | Consciousness, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Self, Spirituality

  In fact it seems to me as if that alienation which so long separated me from the world has become transferred into my own inner world, and has revealed to me an unexpected unfamiliarity with myself. (Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 359) What should...

In the Middle of the Night: Coyotes, a Synchronicity and the Trickster Archetype

by Jeff Howlin | Jan 22, 2014 | Archetypes, Consciousness, Creativity, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Poetry, Psyche, Synchronicity

On January, 11, 2014, a good friend of mine who lives in Tucson, AZ, spontaneously sent me a series of photographs taken with a “trail cam.” This camera was mounted in his backyard which backs up to the desert. The photos were all of coyotes in the middle of the...

Consciousness: The Bright Side of the Moon

by Jeff Howlin | Feb 16, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Consciousness, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Symbolic, Unconscious

Photo credit: Abrams Planetarium by John French There are still tigers roaming our modern world, and make no mistake about it, you have a very real chance of being attacked and eaten. Of course for the vast majority of us, I’m speaking of symbolic tigers with this...

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