Jung on American Exceptionalism

American Exceptionalism from a Jungian Perspective “America is an exceptional country.”                                                                                     Sarah Palin “I do believe in American exceptionalism”                                    ...

Jung’s Prophetic Visions Part 3

Part III: Our Current Situation in an Alchemical ContextThe first part of this essay appeared in January, the second, in February. Both parts are still on this Web site.Part III:  Our Current Situation in an Alchemical...

Jung’s Prophetic Visions Part 2

Part II: Alchemy and Its Phases—A Road Map for Individuals and CulturesThe first part of this essay appeared last month. Refer to the January 09 posting, which is still on this Web site. Part II: Alchemy and Its Phases—A Road Map for Individuals and...

Jung’s Prophetic Visions

Part I: Jung’s Prophetic Visions Carl Jung was known for many things: his work with dreams; his early work as a psychiatrist with association experiments leading to the concept of the “complex,” work that brought him to the attention of Sigmund Freud; his interest in...

Pitfalls of the Path

My definitions and usage of various terms in the following essay (e.g. “waking up,” “leap-frogging,” “The Force”) are found in the initial essays in this blog collection. See the entries posted as Front Matter and Introduction, Waking Up and Leap-Frogging. Pitfalls of...