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The Two Million-Year-Old Man/Woman and You

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 10, 2013 | Archetypes, Biology, Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Self

How do you fit the two million-year-old man or woman into your modern world? In other words, what aids this transition? I wrote an article last month called, The Ancient Path. It was about the idea that there is a two million-year-old man or woman in all of us. The...

Color and Emotion in Dreams and in Life

by Jeff Howlin | Dec 16, 2012 | Biology, Depression, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Imagery, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Symbolic, Unconscious

Drake Wood Duck* If you pay attention to the natural world around you, it is not hard to see that plants and animals utilize color in all of its grandeur. The same is true for you and your unique psychology. Your inner world and specifically your dreams, utilize color...

Timing and Discernment on the Journey of Your Life

by Jeff Howlin | Nov 30, 2012 | Biology, Depression, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Symbolic, Unconscious

You will have some important and pivotal decisions to make as you journey through your life. A decision at the right place and at the right time can make all of the difference. In biology and developmental psychology, there are windows of opportunity known as...

The Mortificatio: Death and Dismemberment Dreams and a Coffin in the Backyard

by Jeff Howlin | Aug 18, 2012 | Alchemy, Archetypes, Depression, Dreams, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Shadow, Unconscious

Blackbirds and the nigredo of mortificatio* This is not a summer article. Yet similar to how life’s hardships and imagery through dreams and the unconscious can interrupt our lives at any time; this topic seems relevant now, even in the middle of the summer, and...

The Mystery Duck: A Jungian Look at Circumambulating a Problem

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 5, 2012 | Depression, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Psychotherapy

There are many ways to solve the pressing problems that occur in everyday life. I received this photograph with the title “Mystery Duck” from a good friend. His brother, a waterfowl photographer, had taken the photograph. They wanted my opinion concerning the...

An Ethical Viewpoint, Collective Guilt and an Unpublished Letter from Viktor Frankl

by Jeff Howlin | Feb 16, 2012 | Depression, Dreams, Editorial, Ethics, Psychology, Psychotherapy

I came to receive a copy of this unpublished letter from Viktor Frankl while doing a psychology internship through a VA system outpatient clinic. At that time I worked primarily with Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD. A university classmate of mine, who was a...
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