Throughout our lives we meet people who seem to have magical, numinous qualities. When I was eighteen years old I met such a person, John R. Cole, a Presbyterian Missionary to Northern India, who was also an ordained Episcopal priest. “India has only one Christian Church”, he told our Youth Group in 1961. Imagine that, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘alcohol abuse’
Father John R. Cole: Spirit Guide
Posted in Carl Jung, Mentoring, Psychology, tagged Adult Children of Alcoholics, alcohol abuse, Balancing the Opposites, Shadow, Spirituality, Wisdom on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Karate Kid Too
Posted in Mentoring, Movie Reviews, Terroism, tagged alcohol abuse, Karate Kid on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Karate Kid brings up a universal theme in human development for both the adolescent and his teacher. It evokes the issue of alcohol and trauma, of symbolic structures in the psyche, and how love heals through grieving, through remembering and letting go.
