Lineage: The Idea of the Ideal, Part II: The Lens of the Personal

Small and hidden is the door that leads inward and the entrance is barred by countless prejudices, mistaken assumptions, and fears.Carl Jung, CW 10, Page 154 A digression, of sorts. When I was 18, my father sat me down at his small kitchen table and told me revised...

Lineage: Jung and the Idea of the Ideal, Part I

In my first dream session with my first dream practitioner (who would eventually become my teacher, my colleague and then someone I had to step away from), I brought a single, terrifying dream. The dream is long, but the heart of the dream is this: I am a six-year-old...

That Kind of “Thinking” – Racist, Violent, In My Own Head

It has  been an extraordinary few weeks. Since the murder of Mr. Floyd, so much has happened from the four cops who killed him being arrested to Ms. Taylor’s case (finally) being re-opened in Kentucky to Mr. Arbery’s killers being (finally) arrested to Black Lives...

Dispatches: Wielding Power

Last week, I watched a woman use her power as a white woman in a racist cultural structure to threaten a black man. She was irritated because he was calling her out about having her dog off-leash in a place in Central Park where dogs are supposed to be leashed. He was...