Veronica's inner work

Red shoes

Veronica — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:29:51 +0000

In Christian symbolism, two connotations among others associated with the colour red are Christ’s sufferings and the Holy Spirit. When Karen puts on the shoes this could mean that she will follow in the footsteps of the Master and that she is the figura of the story. Her decision to put on the shoes, her [...]

Depression, an Interview with James Hillman

Veronica — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:33:38 +0000

I am quoting here quire extensively the article to provide a contrast to anxiety and panic. The piece is from “Giving depression a fair hearing, An afternoon with James Hillman” by John Söderlund (Extracts from the article) Jungian psychology: Hillman: “Jungian psychology is about attitude above all,” he begins. “So the whole business is grasping this attitude [...]

Bear

Veronica — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:01:09 +0000

January that comes from Janus, door or new

Veronica — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:38:40 +0000

In the name of Janus, the January god of transitions and beginnings… one face looking the past, the other to the future… the new year 2013 And I … Looking for the third way, my way, a sort of middle way, where I feel centred in the coming together of threads of meaning, and [...]

Your music causes my soul to dance

Veronica — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:58:31 +0000

Your music causes my soul to dance; in the murmur of the wind I hear Your flute; the waves of the sea keep the rhythm of my dancing steps. Through the whole of nature I hear Your music played, my Beloved; … my soul while dancing speaks its joy in song. ~ Hazrat [...]

Bar codes in a dream…

Veronica — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:12:10 +0000

A woman dreams: “I am to take a long train trip, but have not prepared in time. I go to the train station and find that there is one to leave at 9 am, but it makes several stops. Though I am not sure if I will get in time for an appointment in the evening, [...]

Finding my myth

Veronica — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:14:00 +0000

Every night I go to sleep and stumble upon the Gods… … a world I do not know – the world of myths and stories that hold patterns that are relevant to understand what goes on in dreams and my myth shaping life. Sometimes I step into one or two dreams, sometimes into four, every night. [...]

I need a Pacemaker

Veronica — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:51:26 +0000

What can I do when I am beside of myself, when my body is all emotional, perhaps with butterflies in the stomach, a fluttery anxiety, a bull’s rage, ecstatic or simply overwhelmed by three things at a time? How can I allow for the moving flow of emotions, that gives expression to the joy and [...]

The meaning of the snake

Veronica — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:33:59 +0000

What would be the meaning of a snake in your dream, or if you surprisingly run across one in your garden? To the primitive person, the one who lived in harmony with nature it was a completely natural occurrence. It was a great thing to dream of a snake for instance. To this the person would [...]

Dream language corresponds with that of math and physics – W. Pauli

Veronica — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:41:48 +0000

“Dream symbols correspond to actual physical realities as an objective situation.” Wolfgang Pauli writes further in his letters about his long term observations. Talking about dream language Pauli observes: “The linguistic use of physical and mathematical terms in my dreams seemed to me initially to be the exact opposite of natural; what was most familiar [...]