IT DIVES TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL — at least in theory, if not always in practice. Take a glance at Jungian theory, for example. Jung’s structural model of the psyche traces an inward trajectory that begins with the ego, and quickly descends through unconscious complexes and the shadow (something like a neglected …
The Mystery of a Creative Dream
IF YOU’VE BEEN READING MY POSTS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED a recurring theme beginning to appear with some frequency. That theme recently crystalized in my mind as a short, declarative sentence: Love is the answer. Until this morning, I “knew” the sentence was one that came to me some nine years ago as I woke …
Peering into a Black Box
IT’S OFTEN DELIGHTFUL, AND SOMETIMES JARRING, when the flow of the book you’ve been reading suddenly takes an unexpected turn, right at the end. Talented novelists know how to do that well, but it’s not what I expect to find in a book about the brain by a neuroscientist. The first six chapters of David …
Soulfulness
DO WE REALLY KNOW WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, when we talk about the soul? Maybe not — probably not. In part because, whatever the soul is, it is ephemeral, elusive, even ineffable. That said, here are a couple of things that came up recently in my life and seem, upon reflection, to be surprisingly soulful. …
Soul Spirit Wisdom 