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An Ode to Bob Dylan

Andy — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 04:01:16 +0000

An Ode to Bob Dylan This is the song of Bob Dylan, smoking a cig, leanin’ back and chillin’, a troubadour that knows what’s for, with songs that linger outside your door. A friend of Woody Guthrie he, speaks of life down by the sea, with words that drop you to your knee, loose your…

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Democracy on Life Support

Andy — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:14:44 +0000

(sound of ventilator turning/merging into human voice) …goes the mechanical lung;trying to keep a soul from stepping off the last rung;wait a minute, Baby, please don’t leave us here;or is this the price we pay for not holding you more dear? Listen to me brother, sister, check it out;the time is well past nigh for…

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Egocentricity and the Psychology of Donald Trump

Andy — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 06:49:24 +0000

This post explores the psychology of Donald Trump from a depth psychology perspective. Trump's behavior offers a clear example of egocentricity and its parallel effects in society.

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Why Character Counts: The Case of Donald Trump

Andy — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 06:46:23 +0000

“Character counts.” It’s a statement you encounter every so often. Sometimes you see it on bumper stickers or grade school billboards. It’s a statement that has become a bit cliché; its meaning weakened from overuse. That is to be expected, I suppose, but it is also a shame, for the truth is that character does…

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The Coronavirus as Psychopath

Andy — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:41:03 +0000

A 30-year-old man dreamed:I was hanging out or planning to hang out with Gary Gulman (comedian). I was at the store looking for a Tombstone frozen pizza. I reached into the freezer and tried to find one that was cold because some of them were actually hot, like one had the cheese already melted. The…

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Healing is a Journey Into the Unknown

Andy — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 06:53:59 +0000

Sharing his observations on where people in tribal societies look to find their healers, Carl Jung writes:What happens regularly is easily observed because we are prepared for it. Knowledge and skill are only needed in situations where the course of events is arbitrarily disrupted in a way hard to fathom. Generally it is one of…

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Take It to the Crowd

Andy — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 07:42:18 +0000

Chorus: You have a voice that longs to be set free.Take it to the crowd, take it to the crowd, take it to the crowd…set it free! Long is the journey, life will not be hurried.Into the dark depths the gold thread leads.See the miners digging, sometimes even singing.The ballad of Sophia guides them to…

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A Divine Drama Plays Through Us

Andy — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:27:25 +0000

Watching a military battle scene re-enactment recently, I pondered what it is that allows soldiers to knowingly run into the direct fire of the enemy, fully aware that they will almost certainly be killed? Closer to home, what moves a firefighter or a parent to run into a burning house to save a child? What…

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Completing the Tapestry of Your Life

Andy — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 05:17:15 +0000

“I think my late 70’s would be a good time to die,” she said and then reasoned, “In your 70’s your health is usually still good, and your mind as well. By 80 your quality of life usually drops off, if it hasn’t already. I don’t want to be old and decrepit. Worst of all,…

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Face Your Inner Racist

Andy — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:38:01 +0000

Through protest and social media you made your standpoint known,And you imagine that you’ve done something…not much, it will be shown. You’ve hopped aboard that big cruise ship that everyone says is rad,And you’ll deny with all your heart you booked tickets on a social fad. You wave your signs, you point and chant: “That’s…

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Malignant Egocentricity

Andy — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 05:57:44 +0000

Malignant egocentricity is a term that aptly describes the psychology of many dictators, dictator wannabes, and sometimes even people like you and me. In order to understand this term, it is important to have some understanding of the structure and nature of the psyche. The ego is the center of the conscious personality. It is…

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Return of the Pharisees

Andy — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:52:00 +0000

You say you praise the life of Jesus, yet o’er his grave your ego trods.Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s. If man’s law says keep your distance that you might save a neighbor’s life,Are you sure you’re meant to disobey and multiply his strife. You say God is your…

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Of Freud, Jung and the Law

Andy — Sun, 31 May 2020 05:44:00 +0000

The perspective that the law and religious precepts arise solely from and primarily serve the interests of those in power (e.g., the government or church) is very much in line with Sigmund Freud’s conception of the personality. To clarify, let’s examine his division of the personality into three structural parts: the ego, the superego, and…

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Alchemy of the Coronavirus

Andy — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:46:28 +0000

Separatio is a term drawn from alchemy and used to describe the process by which one substance is separated from another. The alchemists sought to separate gold from less valuable metals such as lead. They did this by heating a composite of the two metals until one melted and separated from the other as a…

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Coagulatio and Democratic Socialism

Andy — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:06:04 +0000

Coagulatio is an alchemical term used by Carl Jung to describe a stage in the cycle of psychological development. To help you understand the meaning of this word some explanation is in order. When particles that are dispersed in a solution coagulate they come together, creating a more visible, solid form. An example of coagulation…

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United States: Home of the Clean Butt People

Andy — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 06:37:31 +0000

Most of us have heard the old adage that “adversity builds character.” But some, offering a new twist to this conventional wisdom, now say, “adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” Also a worthwhile perspective, in my opinion. However, it thrusts us into a bit of a conundrum, because it appears that the common response…

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Do We Choose Our Parents Before We Are Born?

Andy — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:31:00 +0000

There is a belief shared by many psychics that we choose our parents before we are born. The thinking goes that we decide on the parents we do because of the lessons we will gain by being their children. For example, you might select abusive parents so that you can have empathy for other people…

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Flaws in the Law (of Attraction)

Andy — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:39:00 +0000

The Law of Attraction (LOA), popularized in the movie, The Secret, is a metaphysical postulate that holds significant influence in the way many people think about life or, more specifically, the things that come their way in life. This is unfortunate, for what the LOA purports is an illusion built upon an egocentric view of…

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The Gift of Faith

Andy — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:03:00 +0000

Faith has a bad connotation nowadays. For many people, faith implies a blind allegiance to spiritual assertions that are deemed irrational, or adherence to a belief system that is unsupported by facts, if not contradicted by them. Often it is equated with wishful thinking, or, more accurately, wishful believing. Most negatively, some people consider it…

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Follow Your Moral Compass

Andy — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 05:54:00 +0000

Patricia (not her real name) was a bright and industrious young woman who had worked her way up to a management position in a large retail store chain. Unfortunately, she was also experiencing a level of anxiety that was making her life increasingly miserable. As she talked about her duties the cause of her anxiety…

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