by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 19, 2024 | Classical Mythology, Jungian Concepts
What are the Archetypes of the Odyssey? Odysseus as Trickster, Achilles as Warrior, Menelaus as King Homer’s two epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, present different archetypes of male heroes engaged in a cosmic battle that transcends the mortal realm. The...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Oct 8, 2024 | Classical Mythology, Comparative Religion, Jungian Concepts
A Jungian Perspective on Norse Pantheon Archetypes in Therapy In the deep frost of Scandinavian myth, the Norse pantheon emerges not only as a constellation of divine beings but as a reflection of the human psyche. Unlike the rigidly idealized gods of Greek and...
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...
