Your Family: Past, Present, and Future
The family holds mythic power—the source of all good, the defense against evil. It’s exalted as a sacred ideal, which promises roots, blood relations, future generations. It ties each individual life to its fate, imprinting it genetically, biochemically, and psychologically with blessings and curses. To imagine life without family is to imagine
... See moreSteven Wolf • Romancing the Shadow
A human life is nothing in itself; it is part of a family tree. We are continuously living the ancestral life, reaching back for centuries, we are satisfying the appetites of unknown ancestors, nursing instincts which we think are our own, but which are quite incompatible with our character; we are not living our own lives, we are paying the debts
... See moreSandra Easter • Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web
“Walk like you have 4,000 ancestors behind you.”
I first heard that quote—attributed to an ancient African proverb—around the time when my son was born.
It hit hard.
How many tiny moments contributed to you being here right... See more