A Jungian and Phosphenic Reading of Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy Cinema sometimes becomes more than a story, it turns into a mirror of the mind itself. Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy (2013) is such a film: mysterious, slow, and haunting. Beneath its thriller surface lies a meditation on consciousness, identity, and the strange geometry of fear. The film … Continue reading The Spider of the Inner Light
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The Descent of Lucea
It began in a kitchen, the kitchen of my childhood home, the place where the first sensations of warmth and light once entered the world. Yet in the dream it was completely dark. I tried to strike a match to make fire, but each match failed to ignite. The air was thick with waiting, as … Continue reading The Descent of Lucea
Writing the Myth of Your Life: Jung’s Challenge to Live Authentically
The lesson for us given by professor C.G. Jung Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, posed one of the most profound existential questions of the 20th century: "Are you prepared to live and write the myth of your life?" This challenge is both an invitation and a confrontation. It demands that we face … Continue reading Writing the Myth of Your Life: Jung’s Challenge to Live Authentically
Let us create our Most Sacred Myth!
Professor Carl Gustav Jung explored the question "What myth am I living?" in various works, most notably in his autobiographical reflections, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, and in his more theoretical writings, such as The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Jung believed that this question is central to understanding the human psyche, as myths form the foundation … Continue reading Let us create our Most Sacred Myth!