Hekate’s torch illuminates the pervading darkness with a dim lunar light. In ancient classical literature she was known as one of the Daughters of the Night, and with her dogs she guards the gates of the underworld. If she is your angel, you have to learn how to think, speak, and act without countering the darkness that has hold of you. Hekate is

From ancient times, the inner urge, which can be both guide and tempter, has been called a daimon. The ancient Greeks used the word to describe any unnamed spirit having an impact on someone. Plato spoke of love as a daimon. Later, Jung described it as a spirit with a degree of autonomy, having a strong influence on your interior life. The

We need to be born again and again further into our humanity, discovering in increasingly sophisticated ways what it means to be a person in a community of persons. Archaic societies understood this point better than we do: Fundamental shifts in perspective are essential and they are best imagined on the model of birth. The metamorphosis of the

Their laughter seems to free up their compassion and liberate them from narcissistic worry about themselves.

Know that you are both intelligent and stupid, often in the same moment. Admit to what you desire and what you fear.

Look deeply into your fears. Take serious note of your defenses. See where and how you elude the demands of your existence.

Medications may be appropriate, but they are always insufficient. Medicine plays an important role in all suffering, emotional and physical. The problem is that medicine itself has become materialistic and only recently has been searching for ways to include a spiritual dimension. It treats the body as only physical and neglects the full range of

You may be blind to the very thing that will make your life feel worth living. You may be repressing the very source of your deepest satisfaction. You may be gullible, taking in the world’s insidious lessons in superficial satisfaction. Therefore, you have to dig deeper. Discover who you are and who you want to be. Don’t be dissuaded from that

We will take note of several people who went through the special dark night of imprisonment, including Oscar Wilde, the Victorian writer who was jailed for his homosexuality. After being released, Wilde wrote to a friend, “My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends