by Joseph Lee | Oct 30, 2025 | Archetypal
VIDEO AUDIO The devil archetype carries three qualities: it promotes bestial violence of every kind, it tries to convince us that the material world is the only reality, and it fools us into thinking we can spiritually ascend through intellect alone. On a personal...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 16, 2025 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO Do you get overwhelmed by intense feelings and old patterns, feeling stuck because you can’t make sense of what’s happening, and reacting on impulse instead of pausing to choose a steady, thoughtful response? Jung’s alchemical insights will help....
by Joseph Lee | Oct 2, 2025 | Archetypal, Relationships
VIDEO AUDIO Some mothers attack life in their children. They crush appetite, joy, curiosity, and initiative. They call it love or duty. It is not love. It is domination dressed as care. She withholds warmth to make the child obedient. She intrudes when the child needs...
by Joseph Lee | Sep 18, 2025 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO Think of myths as the dreams of an entire culture. Those stories reside in the collective unconscious and influence all of us throughout our lifespan. Mythic patterns shape our attitudes, and when we recognize them, we can link our personal experiences to...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 14, 2025 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO Solutio is Psyche’s method to facilitate transformation: our rigid ego is softened in symbolic water, allowing outworn attitudes to unbind. We can see this reflected in dreams of oceans and baths, or a wall of our house dissolving. This can show up when we...
by Joseph Lee | Jul 18, 2025 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO The calcinatio stage in Jung’s alchemy is about being put through inner fire—it’s when the ego undergoes a kind of burning away of projections, illusions, and inflated ideas about itself. This stage often brings intense suffering, frustration,...