“To become a person does not necessarily mean to be well adjusted, well adapted, approved of by others. It means to become who you are. We are meant to become more eccentric, more peculiar, more odd. We are not meant just to fit in. We are here to be different. We are here to be the individual.”
James Hollis, Through the Dark Wood Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
Using a projective dream method we might ask ourselves at any image, “if this were my dream, what might it mean?”

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Click on the images below to learn more about events, awards and our daily work. Jung’s work means so much to us and one way to share our joy is to make these films through a Jungian lens and share them.
Not recent but still fascinating to me. My blog -- Archetypal TV - Thoughts on Severance #depthpsychology See More

Archetypal TV - Thoughts On Severance
Archetypal TV - Thoughts on Severance. A short blog post exploring possible depth-psychology, Jungian themes in the Apple TV show Severance.
We remember #fairytales to keep our sense of wonderment alive and to nurture our hope that we can seize possibilities and opportunities to transform ourselves See More

We remember #fairytales to keep our sense of wonderment alive and to nurture our hope that we can seize possibilities and opportunities to transform ourselves See More


The Telling Tale: Explore Psychology Through Film - Psyche's Cinema - Short Films
Part of our depth psychology series to explore psychology through film. Fairy tale films useful for workshops, discussions, reflection, laughter
The trickster always breaks in to trip up the rational situation. He’s both a fool and someone who’s beyond the system. He represents another whole See More

psychescinema.com/archetypal-tv-thoughts-on-severance/ #film #archetypes #depthpsychology I love this show! See More

Archetypal TV - Thoughts On Severance
Archetypal TV - Thoughts on Severance. A short blog post exploring possible depth-psychology, Jungian themes in the Apple TV show Severance.
Natural Spiritual conference. (Online. Fantastic!) Attendees can choose to meet several times with a small group to share and explore group members' dreams. The keynote See More

Reading ancient #myths & #fairytales can be very helpful because these stories came spontaneously from people who had not studied psychology. The stories came straight See More

Dana (the daughter) finds out the deal that her father made for her in our adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin. #fairytales #film From today's editing. See More

From our recent blogpost - "The Capitalist exploits nature but he is also part of nature and cannot escape being caught within his own traps. See More

Talking about Carl Jung, the need for play, and our current project. Rumpelstiltskin is a beloved tale. Why? Perhaps the small, magical man lives within See More

Psyches Cinema December 2024 Art And Healing
Sharing news about upcoming films, screenings, workshops and other news. update-from-Psyches Cinema Psyches Cinema December 2024 Art and Healing
Honored to have two poems in this lovely journal!

Institute For Spiritual Poetry
Welcome to Soul Forte: A Journal for Spiritual Writing, Issue 6, featuring writing by Christien Gholson, Sara Backer, Richard Frame, Nida Elley, Saelyx Finna, Lory Widmer Hess, Tony Bates, Laura Lewis-Barr, Lucia Haase, and Virginia Douglas. Enjoy!
The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies. See More

Have you seen this short (7 min) #fairytale film, based on the Grimm tale, "The Three Languages?" It is one of our earlier experiments in See More

The Linguist: A Fairy Tale Film - Psyche's Cinema - Short Films
A comedy - part of our film series exploring depth-psychology, spirituality, and myths. Looking at culture thorugh a Jungian lens. A fairy tale film.
I'd love your vote in the Spark the Vote Challenge. Mine is Snow White And Rose Red Vote! Click on the climate videos and scroll See More

... the little man takes her personal worth, i.e., her self-esteem, away from her. This is what this negative animus does indeed do: he takes See More

Sources of inspiration: Living Myth Podcast ——- This Jungian Life Podcast
