Back in 1998 I watched the premier showing of Warren Beatty’s movie Bulworth. My daughter-in-law had been waiting to see the movie. She and my son took me out for the treat of my life. The main character, Senator Jay Billington Bulworth, had been a Kennedy democrat back in the day, and now had fallen [...]
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The Power Differential
Posted in Elder Activities, Movie Reviews, sexual conduct, tagged Psychology, Shadow, trickster on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why are there jewels in that man’s left ear, Dad?
Posted in men's issues, Psychology, sexual conduct, tagged Androgyne, Men's Movement, The Collective Unconscious on September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Why do California men wear only one earring? Where did the custom originate? About forty years ago I was teaching in Huntington Beach, when young male college students began to pierce their ears. Some of us thought it might be a regression to the Wild Man of Robert Bly’s book Iron John. But why would [...]
Animals in Dreams
Posted in Dreams, Erotic love, sexual conduct, tagged Divine Intelligence on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
John A. Sanford bridged the gap between modern analytical psychology and Christianity. A third generation Episcopal priest, who entered analysis early in his life, Sanford wrote several books suggesting that the world of visions and dreams we find in Judaeo-Christian literature is the world of inner dialogue with the Divine. Part of this dialogue occurs [...]
The Shadow Side of Reality
Posted in Burning Man, Carl Jung, entheogens, Erotic love, gnostic wisdom, Mental Health, Mentoring, sexual conduct, tagged Balancing the Opposites, Shadow, Spirituality on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Before leaving academia and conservative Orange County, California, I tried to integrate the discoveries of Depth Psychology into the Ethics course at the Community College. That was before John A. Sanford wrote about it in Evil The Shadow Side of Reality (1981). So it was with delight I hermeneutically found the sections on integrating the Shadow and the benefits of this work when I was cleaning my bookshelf today.
Homophobia: Fear of Men
Posted in men's issues, Mentoring, Psychology, sexual conduct, tagged Men's Movement, Psychology on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Fear of other men is built into our culture, yet we are also told to cooperate and trust our teammates. This puts us into a double bind, unless and until we learn to love ourselves in all our many aspects as humans.
Is he really your grandson?
Posted in entheogens, Mentoring, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, sexual conduct, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Indigenous, Men's Movement, Native American Church on February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That’s what the man asked me after a Native American Church Meeting last weekend. I had been sitting up all night praying, singing, and eating peyote in the traditional ceremony of our ancestors. The blond European in his thirties had been watching us all night long. His companion was a beautiful Swedish woman, a Licensed [...]
Masquerade with the Vampire
Posted in Erotic love, men's issues, Mentoring, sexual conduct, tagged Erotic love, Feeling, Men's Movement, Myths, Psychology, Shadow, Spirituality, Vampire on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Mardi Gras Masquerade has a function which goes deep into the Source. It provides the possibility of seeing clearly the roles we play and how, by changing the Mask, we we can break patterns and become free at last!
Enduring Love
Posted in Erotic love, Psychology, sexual conduct, tagged Balancing the Opposites, Erotic love, Feeling, Shadow, Thinking on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ian McEwan’s novel gets a fabulously acted screenplay in Enduring Love. The trip into the underworld of Hades is remarkably illustrated in the life of the thinker/professor and the feeler/artist and the unbalanced shadow function of the psyche. Much to meditate upon and hopefully avoid in the journey from the head to the heart.
Gender and Indigenous Ceremonies
Posted in Carl Jung, Dreams, entheogens, gnostic wisdom, Peyote, psyche, Psychology, sacred ceremonies, sexual conduct, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged Alchemy, Divine Intelligence, Dreams, Gender, Gnostic, Grandmothers and Aunties, Indigenous, Indwelling Spirit, Native American Church, Old Catholic Church, Psychology, sacred ceremonies, Sophia, Spirituality, Thinking, Wisdom on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Celtic and Native American genes are waking up and informing us of our human, bi-sexual psyches. Discovering our inner world comes through personal experience. Unconscious processes project the inner world onto the “real” world causing paradox. Gender roles morph. This is normal in esoteric literature.
Reincarnation could be happening
Posted in Leadbeater, Liberal Catholic Church, Reincarnation, sexual conduct, Spirituality, Theosophical Society, tagged Old Catholic Church, Reincarnation, Spirituality on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If the journey of the soul is to learn better adaptations to human situations, then we incarnate in order to learn from our mistakes. When I compare the biography of CW Leadbeater with my life history, I notice my life has followed a similar path or pattern, but with choices to round out the soul in a more balanced way. The things Leadbeater was criticised for are the areas I perfected or worked diligently to overcome. I married and had a family, but my interests and life experiences remind me of Leadbeater’s soul journey.
