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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...

The Archetypal Way, the Serpentine Way and the Paradox of the Self

by Jeff Howlin | Feb 4, 2013 | Dreams, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Self, Unconscious

“There is a good thing on top of that mountain. I will make a straight line for it.” But the archetypal way is not like that; it is a serpentine way that wriggles and spirals its way to the top. We often feel defeated by it and brought to a standstill. It makes most...

Of Mountains and Dreams 2: What the Hawk Sees

by Jeff Howlin | Jan 6, 2013 | Dreams, Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psychology, Soul, Spirituality, Symbolic

The hawk flies free over the valley below. If you climb the mountain and look toward the valley below, you may see the soaring hawk. Watch the hawk glide and circle while it soars on the currents of air, searching for its prey hiding amongst the rocks, trees and...

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 Back Road (Jungian Psychology in Everyday Life Series)

by Jeff Howlin | Nov 4, 2012 | Editorial, Imagery, Individuation, Psyche, Psychotherapy, Soul, Symbolic, Unconscious

  Jungian psychology and psychotherapy is about taking the symbolic back road. Recently, I was thinking about taking the back roads on a drive across part of the country. As I was reflecting upon this idea, I thought about how taking the back road seems a perfect...

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...
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