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Before I had Dąbrowski's theory of positive disintegration, I could not make sense of my history without pathologizing myself. The intensity, the year

One practical way to see what belongs in Personal Context — the kind of detail that makes decisions easier — comes from Ruben Hassid. In his article I

TS;WTRM (too short, want to read more) *saw this alternative today and loved it. Instead of prefacing with a tldr have a summary then a TSWTRM version

And perhaps that is exactly what we are facing now: not a new answer, but a new way of listening. To science – yes. To the body. To the dream. To the

The freedoms associated with liminal spaces – club nights, abandoned buildings, forgotten shopping malls – often have a lot to do with the fact that t

The trickster is not eliminated simply by making sharp distinctions and clear categories. There is still a realm that lies betwixt and between a signi

How can we understand a death that means new life or a darkness that shines?

for Hillman, death is also the death of a materialist viewpoint, freeing us for imaginal and poetic life, a life beyond life, and a movement into psyc

So here Jung leaves us with an important reminder that, after a period of darkness and hardship for our souls, there exists the possibility of the bir

“Do not go outward; return within yourself,”

This level of transformation can only happen in an energetic cocoon, or chrysalis, to hold us in the process. That chrysalis is your connection with t

Essay-crafting isn’t about communication, it’s about hypnosis. And essay-reading is mostly about self-hypnosis.

Often a troubled inner state protects us from other painful problems. If we can see what a painful thing protects us from, we can sometimes protect ou

When you read a book, you aren’t just accessing a series of propositions. You are becoming immersed in a worldview, through the rhythms of a given pro

A rule I am going to try and follow this year: For every book I read of Western philosophy, I will also read one book of Non-Western philosophy. T

When you read a book, you aren’t just accessing a series of propositions. You are becoming immersed in a worldview, through the rhythms of a given pro

The Magician energy is the archetype of awareness and of insight, primarily, but also of knowledge of anything that is not immediately apparent or com

Ancient man also knew that his ego was not the center and that there was something transcendent beyond himself, and therefore he could pray with devot

If we want to know our nature, we must allow it to act and experience it in its full splendor, without insisting on the domination and control of the

Yet if we look more closely at our deepest insecurities, uncertainties, and conflicts, we discover that even they can become guardian angels if we emb

Don't Fall Into the Anti-Ai Hype

i’ve made a tragic discovery using clawdbot. there simply aren’t that many tasks in my personal life that are worth automating

Ritual is Essential

Rituals are like a software upgrade for your nervous system. They affect your brain and body in three specific ways:Calm. Rituals help quiet the brain

How to design your own ritualsCreating personal rituals that serve your specific needs only takes a bit of observation, experimentation, and reflectio

“Ritual recognizes the potency of disorder. In the disorder of the mind, in dreams, faints and frenzies, ritual expects to find powers and truths whic

For example, a patient comes into therapy complaining that he does not get along well with other people; somehow he always says the wrong thing and hu

Mercurius is the wonder of the world because it reminds us that what is lowest and most rejected in us contains the germ of what is highest, and that

Saint Augustine also teaches us what to do after we manage to look within ourselves and realize that there are aspects different from the concept we h

In other words, the moment we confront our shadows, instead of fleeing we must carefully explore those things long enough to be able to take a positio

synchronicity as an acausal connection between inner meaning and exterior events:this connection is always present, and attuning to it in too literal

the primal intelligence behind synchronicity has a weird sense of humor and a trickster aspect, so hold everything lightly and be ready to feel the un

If you want to increase your surface area for magic, start keeping a synchronicity journal. It can be a simple note on your phone where you track the

No, no, you’re not thinking; you are just being logical. Neils Bohr

Kids get it. They don't operate on logic.

The Buddhist term for wholesome desire is chanda. Chanda is desire that arises from a place of non-tension. It often feels like a relaxed current, but

Vow can be imagined as the Soul’s inborn commitment to discover and realize its singular niche in the ecosystem of the anima mundi (World Soul). It de

Aristotle invented the word “entelechy” to refer to a thing that has its own principle of development within it, a vital force that propels it forward