These essays are reflections from a lifetime of listening, to dreams, fairy tales, symbolic images, and the unfolding life of the psyche. Together they explore grief, imagination, consciousness, and the wisdom hidden within ordinary experience.
Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy
A depth psychological assessment of Marlene Seven Bremner’s study of Hermetic philosophy, alchemical symbolism, and the transformative role of imagination. Less a book about Hermetic thought than a book about cultivating a symbolic attitude toward existence — moving from explanation to participation, from analysis to imagination.
ReadThe Sky Speaks
An exploration of UFOs, AI, synchronicity, and Jungian psychology that asks what these images reveal about the human psyche. Rather than debating whether extraordinary phenomena are literally real, the essay explores how symbols orient us toward meaning, reverence, and a consciousness larger than the ego.
ReadWriting with Inner Figures
…Drawing on Jung, Hillman, von Franz, and the Holographic Mind Model, the essay treats inner figures not as fantasies to explain away but as symbolic companions that deepen relationship, creativity, and the unfolding of consciousness.
ReadHolding Tears
A reflection on grief, caregiving, and the symbolic power of fairy tales. Through Kevin the Mouse, an exploration of how stories can accompany sorrow, not by resolving it, but by helping us remain present with what cannot yet be healed.
ReadThe Meadow and the Dog Park
A reflection on integration numinous experiences into everyday life. Using the image of a meadow and a dog park, the essay considers how genuine spiritual and symbolic encounters are fulfilled not through escape, but through faithful embodiment in ordinary living.
ReadThe Ethics of Symbolic Containment: Sigils, Images, and the Responsibility of Holding
…But what if its true purpose is not interpretation, but containment? An essay on the ethics of symbolic life, and why the deepest images ask us to remain present rather than rush toward certainty.
ReadThe Wisdom Found in Chaos
…Drawing on alchemy, Greek mythology, and depth psychology, an exploration of how uncertainty can become fertile ground for transformation, discernment, and hope.
ReadThe Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Series
Fairy tales are more than children’s stories, they are enduring maps of the human psyche. Through newly translated Brothers Grimm tales, original illustrations, and Jungian commentary, this series uncovers the timeless psychological wisdom hidden within these classic narratives.
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