by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Mar 10, 2025 | Color Psychology, Jungian Concepts
The Jungian Approach to Mythology Mythological Dictionaries for Depth Psychology Explore our comprehensive dictionaries of mythological systems through the lens of depth psychology: Greek Mythology The humanized gods with complex personalities and conflicts; emphasis...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Feb 17, 2025 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Jungian Concepts
Complete Jungian Psychology Resource Library How do I learn about Carl Jung and Jungian Psychology? Delving into the depths of Jungian psychology can feel like exploring an endless labyrinth of interconnected ideas, spanning from the personal shadow to collective...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 27, 2024 | Anthropology and Evo Psych, Jungian Concepts
What Are Myths? How to use Mythology in Therapy? Myths are not just entertaining stories – they are powerful narratives that shape how we understand ourselves and navigate the world. At the heart of mythic tales are archetypes, the universal patterns of human...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 14, 2024 | Jungian Concepts, Mystics, Gurus, and Spiritual Philosophers
Hilma af Klint: A Visionary Artist Who Pioneered Abstract Art Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose pioneering abstract paintings predated the work of Vasily Kandinsky and other modernist artists by several years. Born in Stockholm, af Klint...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Sep 25, 2024 | Classical Mythology, Jungian Concepts
Exploring Universal Patterns of Human Experience In the vast tapestry of human psychology, certain patterns emerge that seem to transcend culture, time, and individual experience. These universal themes, known as archetypes, were first identified by Swiss psychiatrist...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 11, 2024 | Classical Mythology
Depth Psychological Reflections on the Plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides Nietzsche, in The Birth of Tragedy (1872), on the Apollonian and Dionysian: “We shall have gained much for the science of aesthetics, once we perceive not merely by logical...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 11, 2024 | Classical Mythology
What Happens in The Persians? The Persians, a tragedy by Aeschylus, is a unique and profound exploration of war, hubris, and the nature of power. As the only extant Greek tragedy that deals with contemporary events (the Persian Wars), it offers a fascinating window...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 8, 2024 | Depth Psychology Approaches and Techniques, Jungian Concepts
In the garden of his Bollingen Tower retreat, on the shore of Lake Zurich, stands a peculiar monument – a stone cube, some twenty inches thick, carved on three sides with cryptic inscriptions. This is the Bollingen Stone, erected by Carl Jung in 1950 to...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Jul 10, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Jungian Concepts, Symbolism and Meaning
Carl Jung’s The Red Book: A Journey into the Collective Unconscious Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), the renowned Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, left an indelible mark on the field of depth psychology with his groundbreaking concepts of...
