In the dream I am in the hands
Of two women, perhaps on a beach,
A couch, or a bench on a country lane,
Fully clothed as at theater or public
In his “The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious” Carl Jung writes extensively about the anima concept or archetype which he considered of paramount practical importance to the psychotherapist. He reminds the reader that his notion of anima, a…
In the dream Venus rules the night sky, shedding
Light on an antique table displaying a solitary
Mushroom that some voice tells me
She comes as if at the end
Of a prayer, the budding enterprise
Of a man’s dream
Or the habit of his projection
The dream grows out of the slurry of the day
The petty wars in miniature that darken the horizon
The finger that leaves marks on the window glass
Colette dispensed with guidebooks and soothsayers and imagined a mock audience of priests, monks, nuncios and gentlemen-in-waiting to try out her script, her tall tale from the heavens and her running narrative…
I love fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm, the maiden who lost her hands to the devil, and the girl in the lovely red shoes who dances up a psychological storm. I remember to always be attentive to animals and dwarfs in the tales. I love all the metaphors, the…
In his book “Lying with the Heavenly Woman” Robert A. Johnson writes that a man can measure his degree of happiness and well-being by paying attention to the feminine figures in his dreams. “If the women in his dreams are happy and relate well to him, he will be happy. If…
I am in a cavernous area being stalked by wild cats with sharp hair that looks like needle thin arrows pointed at me. The cats seem to be on leashes held by invisible hands just out of the picture. I think they might be from a witch’s brew, an out-of-control…
She read Boccaccio’s “Famous Women” slowly, taking in all the stories of the mythical heroines, reflecting on their successes and failures, and their wisdom and humanity. She was taking notes and taking names in her journal.