by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 11, 2026 | Archetypal, Fairytales, Guests
Merlin, the mythical prophet, magician, and kingmaker of medieval legend, has lived in the Western imagination for centuries. Arthurian legend gives us more than the idealized government of the Round Table and the hero’s valiant quest for the Holy...
by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 4, 2026 | Dream Blog, Dreamography Blog, Dreamography Project, Dreamwise
This week, to mark the publication in paperback of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart interpret a selection of short dreams and fragments of dreams sent in by listeners. Many of...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 29, 2026 | Archetypal, Personal Issues
In this episode Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart explore Erich Neumann’s The Great Mother and his and Jung’s concept of the unconscious as devouring mother. Every archetype has a dual aspect: light and dark, and ‘mother’ as...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 21, 2026 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts, History & Development of Analytical Psychology, Relationships
In this final episode of our series on Jungian alchemy, we explore coniunctio, the union of opposites that gives rise to new wholeness. There are many ways in which we might encounter coniunctio in outer life. We might fall in love, form a...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 14, 2026 | Dream Blog, Dreamography Blog, Dreamography Project, Dreamwise, Personal Issues, Relationships
Erotic dreams are extremely common. We may experience them as pleasurable, exciting and moving, or as disturbing and upsetting. It can be hard to talk about erotic dreams, even in therapy, as they insist on attending to secret satisfactions and...