by Naomi Adams | Aug 14, 2018 | Cultural Currents
How can we understand the superficial label assigned to masculine behavior in today’s meme-driven style of discourse? Here’s the dream we analyze: “I am walking on what seems to be mountainous hills. A little ahead of me is what feels like my teenage...
by Naomi Adams | Aug 14, 2018 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Sander Sammy via Unsplash http://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_009Vampires.mp3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, TrueBlood–Vampires have been an enduring staple of popular entertainment for centuries, captivating audiences with their...
by Naomi Adams | Aug 14, 2018 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
Is alcohol dependence a misplaced expression of a spiritual thirst, or a collapse into a regressed and infantile state? We discuss Jung’s involvement in the establishment of Alcoholics Anonymous. http://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_005Alcoholism.mp3...
by Naomi Adams | Aug 14, 2018 | Cultural Currents, Relationships
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_003EmotionalAffairs.mp3 Are emotional affairs failures of character or efforts to individuate? When our positive projections land on a new person we often feel confused. Is it a betrayal to follow the arrow of Eros so long...
by Naomi Adams | Aug 14, 2018 | Cultural Currents
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_017heShapeOfWater.mp3 The Shape of Water recently won the Academy Award for best film, captivating audiences with its dream-like images of an other-worldly love. Using a Jungian approach to fairytales, we may find some...
by Naomi Adams | Aug 13, 2018 | Cultural Currents, Relationships
Luke Wilson and Elisha Cuthbert in Old School a 2003 American comedy film directed and co-written by Todd Phillips. Are hookups a joyous celebration of unbridled sexual expression? A defense against intimacy? All of the above? HERE’S THE...