Monthly Archives: January 2015

Earlier critics of Lucy seem to have missed the philosophical, psychological, religious and spiritual aspects of Luc Besson’s mind bending 2014 movie. Scarlett Johansson’s transformation is nothing short of awe inspiring. She starts like the rest of us, only using … Continue reading →

Religious leaders have tried to guide men into the spiritual world and away from raw instinct since the beginnings of our species. Their efforts have advanced civilizations on a global basis. Hunger is a natural instinct. In India, long ago, … Continue reading →

It’s an All-American story — poor but honest immigrant works hard, builds successful business and then sees it threatened by violence, corruption and power. Will he maintain his principles and take the high road or will he succumb and sell … Continue reading →

Dr. Carl G. Jung explained that the libido is the wave of psychic energy, which pushes us through the stages of life. Human beings develop psychically from a time of total instinct, when children are wild animals, to a stable … Continue reading →

Most educated people are familiar with the Passages of Life. By this is meant the stages of development that every human being passes through in a normal lifetime. Basically, it can be said that every human being passes through the … Continue reading →

Jungians believe that like the anima, the animus develops in four stages. In Jung’s Man and His Symbols, he cites analyst Marie-Louise Von Franz who writes that in the first stage the animus appears as “a personification of mere physical … Continue reading →

A political situation is the manifestation of a parallel psychological problem in millions of individuals. This problem is largely unconscious (which makes it a particularly dangerous one!). It consists of a conflict between a conscious (ethical, religious, philosophical, social, political, … Continue reading →

Can you hold on to reason, and when fear like dark clouds leaks within everyone, and when fear feeds more fears and when fear swells hatred with its giant steps, can you cure desperation with laws? Source: www.archetypeinaction.com Poetry by … Continue reading →

When you are publishing satire knowing that what you publish will lead to deaths, perhaps many, are you being irresponsible? Are you a murderer? Perhaps this is a topic we should discuss! What if you are a cartoonist, and you … Continue reading →

After my last post, Five Links to Creativity, was published I realized I had failed to address a crucial source of creativity. This dream which came two nights later, showed me what was missing and inspired this post. Source: www.archetypeinaction.com … Continue reading →