How do you speak about the unsayable? Represent the unrepresentable? Make conscious what is, by its nature, unconscious? Here is…
Category: Psychology
Kabbalah Revealed
Psychology, as you know, studies the “psyche.” Depth psychology insists that the psyche is DEEP. Something lies behind or beneath…
For My Sake, Dust and Ashes
This is about me. Maybe it is about you, too. It’s probably about Hasidic Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, who said: Be…
Inner Eclipse
Traditional European philosophy says: we know our selves intimately. Ideas, images, associations, and feelings present themselves clearly and immediately. We…
Archetype of Wisdom
Literally, the word archetype means “primal patterns.” And, as psychologist C.G. Jung sees it, these patterns are common to the…
Genesis: An Archetypal Journey
In last night’s dream, I met myself — lots of different versions of myself. An elderly woman, accompanied by her…
Life's Night and Day (short)
Jacob runs away from conflict with his brother Esau and heads for the City of Haran. That night, Torah says,…
A Mystical Vision
Last week, I had a mystical experience. As I took my seat on an airplane flying from Toronto to Vancouver,…
Death and Rebirth
If I lived alone on Planet Laura, I would stop writing about the Pew survey of American Jews, in protest against…