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Spruce Grouse, Climate Change and Expanding your Range through Jungian Typology

by Jeff Howlin | Jun 6, 2012 | Ecopsychology, Editorial, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Typology, Unconscious

A good friend of mine, Dan Anderson, who is a wildlife photographer from Eagle River, Wisconsin, recently sent me this photograph of a Spruce grouse.  He commented about the Spruce grouse in his email with the attached photos.  He said, “Wisconsin is at the extreme...

Scratching the Mountain: An Archetypal Dream and the 10th Ox-herding Picture

by Jeff Howlin | May 11, 2012 | Archetypes, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psychology, Self, Spirituality, Unconscious

The Dream: I was looking at a woman’s photograph of mountain ranges, many with beds of flowers with brilliant color on the ridge-tops. She was able to encourage flowers to bloom by using a rake and scratching the sides of the mountains first. The Association:...

The Rabbit Hole: A Young Woman’s Journey into the Unconscious

by Jeff Howlin | May 4, 2012 | Archetypes, Dreams, Editorial, Individuation, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Synchronicity, Unconscious

Recently on an afternoon hike, I passed by the above hollowed out tree, which reminded me immediately of the rabbit hole in Lewis Carroll’s book, Alice in Wonderland. I knew that I must write about the image and story of the rabbit hole from a Jungian psychological...

The Old Man on the Point: The Wise Old Man Archetype

by Jeff Howlin | Apr 21, 2012 | Archetypes, Dreams, Ecopsychology, Individuation, Nature, Psyche, Psychology

The old man lived on a wooded point of land on a deep glacial lake. His home, close to the water, yet still partly hidden by pine, oak and ash trees, was modest. It was wood, two stories, with a large picture window overlooking the water. There was a two foot rock...

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...
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