by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 14, 2024 | Jungian Concepts
What did Carl Jung say about the Shadow? There’s a picture opposite me Of my primitive ancestry Which stood on rocky shores And kept the beaches shipwreck-free Though I respect that a lot I’d be fired if that were my job After killing Jason off And...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP | Aug 12, 2024 | Classical Mythology
The Peloponnesian War: History, Psychology, and the Battle Within The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) was a pivotal conflict in ancient Greek history that reshaped the Hellenic world. But more than just a military struggle between rival city-states Athens and Sparta,...
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 Euripedes’ Helen? Euripides’ Helen is a complex and enigmatic play that challenges traditional narratives and explores themes of identity, reality, and the nature of the self. Through the story of Helen of Troy, who in this telling never...