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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 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...

The Moral Center: A Second Response to Viktor Frankl’s Letter

by Jeff Howlin | Mar 23, 2012 | Dreams, Editorial, Ethics, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

I wrote a blog post in February, 2012, titled, An Ethical Viewpoint, Collective Guilt and an Unpublished Letter from Viktor Frankl. This post focused on an unpublished letter that I had in my possession from Viktor Frankl. Frankl’s letter to my friend and classmate,...

Your Wall and the Impediments to the Unfolding of the Self

by Jeff Howlin | Jan 1, 2012 | Dreams, Individuation, Psyche, Psychology, Psychotherapy

Walls come in many sizes and shapes; big and thick, concrete and hard, colorful and graffiti-filled. Walls stop things, quickly. They don’t give. There is no easy way through. Walls are solid and they mean business. I heard the following dream with an important image...

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