Marie-Louise von Franz presented a Romanian folktale in her book (1999) The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption (1999) The enchanted cat gives the hero a nut, which when cracked contains smaller seeds of maize, wheat, and a weed. Within the last of these magic nesting objects is a treasure of fine linen cloth. In [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Feminine’
Cracking Open and Finding Help Within.
Posted in Dreams, Marie-Louise von Franz, Psychology, tagged Healing, The Feminine on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sailing the Divine
Posted in Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Spirituality, tagged Alchemy, Divine Intelligence, Dreams, Gnostic, Healing, Indigenous, Self, Sweat Lodge, The Feminine on October 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Healing comes from the Great Mystery, the Divine, the Spirit, That of which we are not conscious (the Unconscious). Healing comes on its own and when it wishes. Those of us who work with this Power must wait patiently and accompany our friends and relatives on their individual paths. We wait for a vision, a [...]
The Heart of the Fireplace
Posted in entheogens, Mentoring, Peyote, sacred ceremonies, Synchronicity, tagged ayahuasca, Indigenous, Native American Church, Raven, The Feminine on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I arrived home after a week’s absence, my spirit son knocked on my door, came in and embraced me, then invited me into the hot tub. Slipping out of our clothes and into the warm water, we began to talk about our adventures and concerns for our spiritual community. Then he asked me to [...]
Bright Shadows and Dark
Posted in Carl Jung, Psychology, Spirituality, tagged Avatar, Grandmothers and Aunties, Psychology, Shadow, The Feminine on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grandmother’s wisdom on how to recognize, dispell and integrate the shadow qualities of our personalities is offered here. Imagine her as a Na’vi spiritual counselor talking to Jake Sully in Avatar. Can you hear what she is saying? Can you see her?
