by Christina | Jun 7, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“Our lives are determined less by our childhood than by the traumatic way we have learned to remember our childhoods.” – James Hillman The Importance of Stories Stories play a crucial role in shaping our psychological landscape, serving as a means to...
by Christina | May 10, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“The environment is not an “other” to us. It is not a collection of things that we encounter. Rather, it is part of our being. It is the locus of our existence and identity. We cannot and do not exist apart from it.” – George Lakeoff Vicious...
by Christina | Apr 8, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.” – Unknown Being a Spiritual Warrior Several years ago, I read Margaret Wheatley’s book “Who Do We Choose To Be?: Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity”. I loved how she brought positive...
by Christina | Mar 10, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“The imaginal world “is neither literal nor abstract and yet is utterly real, with its own laws and purposes.” – (Hillman, 1991) Sign or Symbol – Is a Cigar Just a Cigar? Sigmund Freud is quoted as saying, “Sometimes a cigar is just a...
by Christina | Feb 10, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“There’s no coming to consciousness without pain. No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” – C.G. Jung (Memories, Dreams, Reflections) The Mystery of Consciousness What is consciousness? Neuroscientists...
by Christina | Jan 11, 2024 | Alchemical Reflections, From The Blog
“Only a fool is interested in other people’s guilt, since he cannot alter it. The wise man learns only from his own guilt. He will ask himself: Who am I that all this should happen to me? To find the answer to this fateful question, he will look into his...
