“But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment” Matthew 5:22 In the reading for Friday the First Week of Lent, Jesus sounds like an Old Testament God. Yet, these stories with threats of a fiery hell are medicine for me. The brutal…
filmmaking
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News from Psyches Cinema – January 2024
Happy New Year. Wishing you peace and/or transformation (one then the other?) in 2024. Our year is starting with lots of news from Psyches Cinema – January 2024. Have you seen Dr. Joanna Gardner’s penetrating analysis of Dumpling? We’re not saying this is the only way to understand this film…
Jung at Church
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Dreams Stars Religion
I continue to attend Mass at a nearby Catholic community. I’m surprised to see how the ritual itself works on me from week to week. Most weeks I’m also grateful to recognize depth psychological themes in the readings. The preaching of priests and laity is lovely but almost every week…
Jung at Church
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Daily miracles of inner life
Learning from Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and others, I remind myself that holy texts describe what is always happening in our lives. I’m thinking about this reading heard at Church today. Mary and Joseph are told that Jesus is the guy. The guy to save the world. (Does every parent…
filmmaking
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Thinking about Inanna
When I asked for suggestions of stories for my next Psyches Cinema film, a Twitter friend suggested the myth of Inanna. It’s a powerful myth. It scares me. Is there room for comedy? How would I update it? I’m thinking about Inanna this morning. What are the main images, feelings,…
fairy tales
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Von Franz and the joke story
I’ve been re-reading, MLVF’s “Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales.” Like most of her books, this is a transcribed lecture filled with insights gleaned from decades of analytical work—both on herself and for her patients. Von Franz and the joke story. One chapter explored the Grimm tale, “The Straw, the Coal…
innerwork
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I am a cracked pot!
This is a familiar story but one that bears repeating. At least for me! But judging from my conversations with lovely friends — seems like many of us might benefit from a re-telling of this story. A water-bearer carries two large pots on a yoke across his shoulders up the…
filmmaking
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Update on this past year for Psyches Cinema
Dear Friends, I wanted to check in and give an update on this past year for Psyches Cinema! Learning to build a website with wordpress continues to be a challenge but I’m excited to have all my films available on the website now! I hope you can enjoy them. They’re…
Jung at Church
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Jung at Church: Rediscovering Spirituality Through Depth Psychology
I left the Catholic Church 40 years ago. I have been studying Depth psychology and Jung’s work ever since. Now I find myself back in a lovely Catholic community. It’s been hard. I feel very alone in my view of “reality.” I feel overwhelmed and confused about how I can…