Story Seeds
My brain is overheating in the soaring temperatures, but here are a few incoherent thoughts on how we conceive of the nature of mythology and storytelling as factors that shape who we are and where we belong.
Posts
Jung - Wounded Healer
A reflection on the archetype of the Wounded Healer for the Suffolk Jungian Circle meeting at the end of June (7.30pm on Wednesday 24th). If you would like the Teams link to take part, leave a message below. Among other things we will be discussing the Greek myths of Chiron, the sage and healer who suffers from the Hydra's poison.
A Rock and a Hard Place
It has been a while since I have posted anything that was not related to Jungian psychology. I have been going through a patch so dry it may as well have been desert, due to various situations that are best not mentioned. So, trying to get my mojo back by telling the story of King Sisyphus. The Greeks, like many other ancient peoples, had stories about individuals defying death and why that causes such dangerous repercussions.
Jung - Answer to Job
The topic of discussion for the Suffolk Jungian Circle this month (May 27th, 7.30pm start via Teams - ask below if you would like the link) is his Answer to Job, a mixture of theology and psychology. The video below is to help kickstart the discussion.
John Rowan
The topic for April's Suffolk Jungian Circle (Wednesday 29th, 7.30pm) is the theories of John Rowan, the ramble is to help kick start the discussion. If you would like to take part, leave a message and I will post you the Teams link.
Jung and the Villain's Journey
The March 25th (7.30pm) meeting of the Suffolk Jungian Circle will be discussing the Villain's Journey, which will serve as a counterpoint to the more widely discussed Hero's Journey. The video below will hopefully help kickstart the conversation. If you would like the Teams link to join in, leave a message below.
Bear Naked Lovers
My version of the graphic and ghastly Greek myth of Polyphonte who made the fatal mistake of trying to exclude Aphrodite from her life (a lesson to everyone - let love in!). This is one of the more eye-watering myths and definitely not safe for work. There are a number of Greek myths in which people scorn Aphrodite and are cursed with various revolting forms of sexual obsession that invariably lead to carnage and suffering, which provides both a mythical and a Jungian explanation for deviant sexual fixations. There's probably a paper in that notion.