Carl Jung

Were Angels In The Bible Lucid Dreams?

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.21.2012

Richard Schiffman

Lucid dreams, while clearly owing a lot to the imagination, often contain a spiritual element which is not merely "imaginary."

Drawing the Great Work: Ann McCoy's (R)evolutionary "Ovum Philosophorum"

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 04.30.2012

Lisa Paul Streitfeld

The patriarch is not only external but exists inside of all of us. Until we can transmute the inner authority that denies quantum leaps generated by multiple expanding consciousness, we cannot embody a new cyclical paradigm. The artist shows us the way.

Don Draper Wrestles (Literally) With His Feminine Side

Coeli Carr | Posted 04.10.2012

Coeli Carr

Don Draper's fever dream on Sunday night's episode of Mad Men demonstrates just how deeply the show will go to reveal the psychological void of its damaged lead character.

To Be or Not to Be

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 03.31.2012

Denise M. Wilbanks

Anyone who has traveled the rocky roads of self-transformation can tell you that embarking on a journey of discovery is not for the faint at heart. It requires a warrior's heart and a fierce determination to conquer the unknown.

Storied Nature Of Human Nature

William Grassie | Posted 05.15.2012

William Grassie

By my rough estimation, we spend perhaps 50 percent or more of our waking hours in storytelling. Humans make stories but, in some sense, we are also made by our stories.

God Is One: A Kabbalistic Explanation

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen | Posted 01.29.2012

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen

If life were like a movie and we were able to slow it down we would see the blank spaces between each frame, between each moment, between each change. Kabbalah is the system where we try to see those spaces.

The Wink From The Cosmos

Steve McSwain | Posted 01.28.2012

Steve McSwain

Are inexplicable coincidences merely random or meaningless? Or might there be something more to them?

Movie review: A Dangerous Method

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.25.2012

Marshall Fine

David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method is about the talking cure - specifically, the kind of talk therapy pioneered by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung at t...

Interview With Michael Fassbender, Thinking Man's Star

Erica Abeel | Posted 01.23.2012

Erica Abeel

While hugely charismatic, Fassbender does not trade on personality, presenting an Everyman who resonates with the public and stays recognizable from film to film. Think George Clooney and Tom Hanks.

Gazelle Emami

David Cronenberg And Michael Fassbender On The Film Originally Meant For Julia Roberts

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.24.2011

"A Dangerous Method" has been in the works for 14 years. But the film, directed by David Cronenberg and starring Michael Fassbender, began as somethin...

Remembering James Hillman

Thomas Moore | Posted 12.31.2011

Thomas Moore

We buried James Hillman three days ago in a small country cemetery in northeast Connecticut, just as an unseasonal early nor'easter began dropping hea...

Maureen Dowd's Take on Yoga

Philip Goldberg | Posted 12.21.2011

Philip Goldberg

Anyone who thinks that yoga is merely "a kinder version of alcohol" might want to do a reverse pose and get some more blood flowing to her brain. With proper supervision, of course.

Working Out Shouldn't Be About Getting A 'Perfect Body'

Mina Samuels | Posted 10.18.2011

Mina Samuels

As Eckhart Tolle recommends in "Power Of Now," scan your physical-emotional being and ask, am I happy? I hope the answer is yes. If not, find the workout that gives you that answer.

Compassion And The Shadow

John Stanley | Posted 09.17.2011

John Stanley

As climate chaos disasters unfold, we might witness a sustained rise in collective compassion, leading to genuine international cooperation and unity of the human species. But there's also our shadow.

The Real Dope on Osama Bin Laden's Porn Stash

Susie Bright | Posted 07.16.2011

Susie Bright

Send me into any dwelling in the world and I will emerge a few minutes later with objects of sexual fascination from the inhabitants' stash, be they books, drawings, movies, sketches.

Au Contraire: The King's Speech, Part III, A Fable

Glenn Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Glenn Young

The King's Speech is a diaphanous fairytale about a very real prince who must break free of his rigid, muzzling fairytale world to help rescue his country from a very real nightmare.

What Makes Best Friends So Powerful?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

What is it about certain best friendships that connects us with the essential, enabling communication to traverse time and space?

The Power Of Acceptance

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

Mike Robbins

Acceptance is not resignation, failure, or agreement; it's simply telling the truth and allowing things to be as they are.

What's In The Way Of Your Personal Liberation?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

If you are not creating what you want from your life, either in your well-being, relationships, wallet or area of contribution, check where you've placed your net. That is, reconsider where you are operating from self-limiting beliefs.

(R)evolution in Consciousness: The Book of Symbols Launch at the Rubin Museum of Art

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Paul Streitfeld

The "Handless Maiden" of the Grimm's fairy tale... can be seen as representing a feminine being -in-the-world that is psychically so bedeviled by the...

Pacing In The Shadows Of Our Finger-Pointing

Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.17.2011

Carol Smaldino

To be therapeutic, addressing our differences must include seeking truth, both the subjective and the factual. This can only be done when we see our own mistakes, and recognize how much in common we all have.

"Fair Game": Seeking Clear Memory and Truth

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Smaldino

We can no longer afford traditions that tell us to if we dare to question the rule of our nation then we do not love our country, that to honor our parents or children or planet is not to question the accepted procedures.

Carl Jung's 5 Basic Factors for Happiness: Do You Agree with Them?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

In 1960, Jung was interviewed by journalist Gordon Young, who asked, "What do you consider to be more or less basic factors making for happiness in the human mind?"

(R)evolution in Art & Physics: The All-Round Genius of Aldo Tambellini

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Aldo Tambellini, Black on White and Red, 1961 Art generally anticipates scientific revisions of reality. Even after these revisions have been expres...

Modernist (R)evolution in Performance: Ralph Lemon's Middle Passage

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Lisa Paul Streitfeld

In a final public adieu to postmodernism, Ralph Lemon transported himself into a multimedia star of a new constellation with his national tour of How Can You Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere?