by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Aug 7, 2025 | Psychology of History
The Silurian Hypothesis, proposed by astrophysicist Gavin Schmidt and astrobiologist Adam Frank in 2018, presents a fascinating question: if an advanced industrial civilization existed on Earth millions of years ago, would we even be able to detect it? Named after the...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jul 23, 2025 | Psychology of Fiction / Flash Fiction / Screenwriting, Psychology of Media and Culture
The Dream of Mathematical Prophecy In Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, the mathematician Hari Seldon develops psychohistory—a mathematical sociology capable of predicting the future of large populations with statistical certainty. This fictional science,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 18, 2025 | Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology for Therapy, Metamodernism and Deconstruction
A Controversial Blueprint for Human Consciousness “The Changing Images of Man” emerged in 1974 from the Stanford Research Institute as one of the most provocative and influential documents in the history of futures research. This comprehensive report,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jun 2, 2025 | Discover + Heal + Grow: Taproot Therapy Collective Podcast Episodes, History of Psychotherapy
The Birth of Consciousness and the Human Dilemma: From 24,000 BCE to the Crisis of Modern Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjqONBMp4xc Around 24,000 BCE, a profound shift occurred in human evolution that would fundamentally alter the trajectory of our...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Mar 8, 2025 | Executive and Physician Burnout, History of Psychotherapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology, Spirituality and The Transcendent Function in Psychotherapy
Is Religious Cosmology Just the Unlived Life of the Parent? A commonly quoted fact about astronomy is that the Universe is “expanding”, but that’s not really true. Our universe is nothing more than a giant ball of rules that we can measure. Rules like time,...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Mar 7, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Spirituality and The Transcendent Function in Psychotherapy
The Subcortical Brain and the Roots of the Unconscious Evolutionary Pathways from the Parietal Eye to Affective Consciousness The human mind presents itself as a paradox of evolutionary engineering. Conscious awareness—that luminous theater of thought, language, and...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 20, 2025 | Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, Color Psychology
What does Blue-Green Mean in a Dream? Have you ever found yourself captivated by the soothing hues where blue meets green – in the shimmering scales of a fish, the iridescent feathers of a peacock, or the tranquil waters of a mountain lake? This mesmerizing...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 19, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychology of Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Carl Jung’s Tension of Opposites: Mapping the Psyche’s Polarities for Healing and Wholeness One of Carl Jung’s most profound yet often misunderstood ideas is the concept of the tension of opposites within the psyche. Far from a simple binary or a...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Feb 9, 2025 | Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology, Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Was Carl Jung a Pseudoscientist? “The world today hangs by a thin thread, and that thread is the psyche of man.” – C.G. Jung This trial will be an effort in intellectual history and retrospective assessment, not a literal legal proceeding. But...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Jan 28, 2025 | Comparative Religion for Therapy, Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, History of Psychotherapy, Jungian Therapy and Depth Psychology
What Schools of Thought did Carl Jung Influence? When Carl Jung began developing his theories of the psyche in the early 20th century, he likely did not foresee just how far his ideas would reach. As a psychoanalyst and philosopher, Jung was primarily focused on...
