Depth Psychology mirrors Art’s ‘unintentional’ exclusion of mothers; all of the founding women scholars of Jungian psychology were childless; Marion Woodman, Toni Wolff, Marie Louise Von Franz, Hannah Barbara, Aniela Jaffe, Esther Harding, just to name a few. Many of these women contributed to the Jungian theory concept of the Mother Archetype, while, like the men of Jungian theory, lacking any embodied experience (the expectations, limitations, and dichotomies) of mothering children.

The picture becomes a tangible symbol of a shared quality – expressed differently in him than in me – that connects us. In this light, the photograph becomes an alchemical artifact that bridges mind and matter.

Eco-sexuality – it’s a thing. Google defines it as a movement of rejecting the idea of Earth as Mother as patriarchal, and embracing Earth as lover deserving devotion and respect. My definition? The elementality of Landscape turns me on. I don’t think about people when I’m having sex, I think about the Rain. I think about soaked landscapes. I think about running water over my skin. I didn’t even know there was a word for this until I read Sophie Strand’s The Body is a Doorway and realized that I’m not the only one that thinks water is hot.

The quality of your output is reflected in what you consume. Fast often and eat only what you want to shit.

A Hot and Heavy Review of James Hillman’s The Dream and the Underworld

When I was 21, I cut all my hair off in a hotel room because god told me to. part one Weeping so hard I could not see through the tears, I handed the scissors over to my eldest cousin to help. When it was finished, my hair only an inch long, all I could […]

The Maiden; Becoming woman. Maidenhood is fraught with self-concern and a growing knowing. This phase is for exploration, of ourselves, of our world, and of our place within it. Maidenhood is where we should be encouraged to tap into our unique intuition and become its apprentice. The Mother; The Wheel turns and we are no […]

To worship with abandon means to fully let go of pretenses; to come to the feet of the divine and allow yourself to be seen. That is what I experienced at the Wild Roses Festival in July. Women came together and removed the masks they wear in the world and let each other touch the […]

Believe it or not, I grew up going to church. My mother came from a very pious Seventh-Day Adventist family who wholeheartedly believed that Jesus was coming soon and we needed to be watchful for deception. Growing up, I experienced many different flavors of Christianity (Adventist, Catholic, Pentecostal, JW, Mormon, Non-Denominational) and many levels of […]