Monthly Archives: April 2015

It’s that time of year again, a bit earlier than last year, for getting the garden ready for planting. I tilled the garden last autumn while dressed as I am in this image. I am not so sure that I … Continue reading →

The therapist is just as vulnerable with one notable difference in having made the journey out of darkness to become a guide in the wilderness of the human psyche. In response to one of my latest posts, I received this … Continue reading →

Rubedo – The final alchemical stage of transformation. I want to begin by bringing a sort of synthesis of the process as spoken by Jung in Mysterium Coniunctionis: “Grey and black [nigredo] correspond to Saturn and the evil world; they symbolize the … Continue reading →

This third stage, citrinitas, is particularly difficult to grasp. More often that not, attempts to use an alchemical for psychotherapy limit themselves to just three stages. Jung and his student, Marie-Louise von Franz do include citrinitas in their discussions of alchemy, but noted … Continue reading →

“From the darkness of the unconscious comes the light of illumination, the albedo. (Jung, Mysterium Coniuntionis, paragraph 220) Awareness. How often do we avoid it in spite of our protestations otherwise? If one dares to look outside oneself, one is able to … Continue reading →

One of the problems in deciding to do the work of healing oneself, with or without the help of a guide, is the necessity of laying bare those things we would rather keep locked away in some dark closet. The … Continue reading →