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.
Featured Essays
The 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.
Writing with Inner Figures
An exploration of imagination as a living psychological process through the figures of Kevin the Mouse and Solis. Drawing on Jung, Hillman, von Franz, and the Holographic Mind Model, Lois argues that inner figures are not fantasies to explain away but symbolic companions that deepen relationship, creativity, and the unfolding of consciousness.
Holding Tears
A reflection on grief, caregiving, and the symbolic power of fairy tales. Through Kevin the Mouse, Lois explores how stories can accompany sorrow, not by resolving it, but by helping us remain present with what cannot yet be healed.
The Meadow and the Dog Park
A reflection on integrating numinous experiences into everyday life. Using the image of a meadow and a dog park, Lois explores how genuine spiritual and symbolic encounters are fulfilled not through escape, but through faithful embodiment in ordinary living.
The Ethics of Symbolic Containment: Sigils, Images, and the Responsibility of Holding
When a dream, symbol, or sacred image appears, our first instinct is often to explain it. But what if its true purpose is not interpretation, but containment? Lois explores the ethics of symbolic life, and why the deepest images ask us to remain present than rush toward certainty.
The Wisdom Found in Chaos
Chaos is often treated as something to escape. But what if it is the very place where wisdom begins? Drawing on alchemy, Greek mythology, and depth psychology, Lois explores how uncertainty can become the fertile ground for transformation, discernment, and hope.
The 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.
Anxiety
Anxiety is more than a diagnosis, it is often the psyche’s attempt to communicate fear. Drawing on depth psychology and decades of clinical experience, Lois explores how understanding the meaning behind anxious symptoms can foster resilience, growth, and lasting healing.