The Virtual Library
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.
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Enter the libraryThe library remains open.Open the first book Rembrandt, Philosopher in Meditation, 1632. Begin with The Library Within the Spiral Staircase.
23 readings · 1 presentation
Take a book from a shelf. Read, listen, and wander.
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Elderhood & Life Reflections
The images, relationships, and unexpected paths that accompany a life.
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The Library Within the Spiral Staircase
A lifelong dream of a sapphire crystal and spiral staircase opens a reflection on elderhood, imagination, and the writings gathered across a life.
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The Library Beneath the Library
A pendant from Prague opens a reflection on alchemy, hidden rooms, and the gold that emerges within a life.
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What Becomes Possible From Here
Through fairy tales and a wounded combat dog, Lois reflects on companionship and the possibilities that emerge beyond accomplishment.
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In Relationship with the Daimon
A reflection on discernment, elderhood, and listening to what the psyche has been asking of us throughout a life.
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After the Long Hot Summer
Through Mother Holle, Lois reflects on harvest, mourning, and recognizing what has ripened after a demanding season.
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The Meadow and the Dog Park
A reflection on bringing numinous experiences into ordinary living through the images of a meadow and a dog park.
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Fairy Tales & Symbolic Life
When Old Tales Awaken and other explorations of dreams, imagination, and symbolic life.
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Contemporary Life and Fairy Tale Wisdom
Through Sleeping Beauty, Lois explores the habit of living from bed and the questions this image raises about contemporary life.
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When the Voice Goes Quiet
An unexpected loss of voice opens a reflection on silence, the body, and the Grimm tale The Six Swans.
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The Golden Bird: When Thinking Becomes the Golden Cage
A reflection on procrastination and the way thinking can become a substitute for beginning, through the tale of The Golden Bird.
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The Moon Does Not Retire
Through Frau Holle, Lois reflects on becoming the elder in the room and the life that continues to unfold.
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The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Series
Newly translated Grimm tales, original illustrations, and Jungian commentary explore the psychological wisdom carried by these enduring stories.
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Writing with Inner Figures
Through Kevin the Mouse and Solis, Lois explores imagination, creativity, and our relationships with the inner figures who accompany us.
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Holding Tears
Through Kevin the Mouse, Lois reflects on grief, caregiving, and how stories can accompany sorrow without needing to resolve it.
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The Sky Speaks
An exploration of UFOs, AI, and synchronicity that asks how extraordinary images orient us toward meaning and a wider consciousness.
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The Ethics of Symbolic Containment: Sigils, Images, and the Responsibility of Holding
A reflection on the responsibility of holding dreams, sigils, and images without rushing to explain what they mean.
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The Wisdom Found in Chaos
Through alchemy, mythology, and depth psychology, Lois considers uncertainty as a place where transformation and discernment can begin.
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Illustrations by Otto Ubbelohde for the Grimm tales, 1906–1909.
Therapy & Healing
The person behind the symptoms, the treatment experience, and the healing relationship.
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You Are More Than Your Symptoms
A patient-centered guide to medication, emotional wounds, and participating in care while remaining heard, informed, and understood.
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When Two Medicines Meet: Homeopathy, Allopathy, and the Healing of the Human Psyche
A reflection on homeopathy, conventional medicine, and the healing relationship, distinguishing symbolic ideas from established medical evidence.
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Anxiety
A depth psychological reflection on anxious symptoms, the experience of fear, and understanding the person behind a diagnosis.
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Book Reviews
Novels and scholarship encountered through the lens of depth psychology.
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A Star Shall Fall: The Dragon as AI
A reading of Marie Brennan’s novel that places the dragon beside AI to consider power, projection, imagination, and responsibility.
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The Mermaid Necklace
A reading of Sandra Schumm’s novel through maternal lineage, grief, ancestral memory, and the ongoing work of carrying the past differently.
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The Secret of Secrets
A reflection on Dan Brown’s novel, the mystery of consciousness, and the difference between accumulating knowledge and developing wisdom.
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Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy
A depth psychological reading of Marlene Seven Bremner’s study of Hermetic philosophy, alchemy, and the transformative role of imagination.
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Recordings & Presentations
Recorded talks and conversations to watch and revisit.
Staying with the ImageConsciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and the Creative Unconscious in an Age of CollapseRecorded at Pacifica Graduate Institute’s 2026 Goddess-Makers conference.Watch presentation Close presentation
In this presentation from Pacifica Graduate Institute’s 2026 Goddess-Makers conference, Lois E. Wilkins, PhD, APRN, explores what it means to remain in relationship with an image before rushing to interpret or explain it. Through the unfolding image of a sapphire crystal and its imaginal landscape, she considers consciousness, creativity, and the ethical challenge posed by artificial intelligence. The presentation invites us to approach images not as objects to be mastered, but as living presences capable of revealing something not yet known.
Recording courtesy of Pacifica Graduate Institute. Watch on YouTube