My spiritual teacher Norma T. would describe Lucia René’s Unplugging the Patriarchy: A Mystical Journey into the Heart of a New Age, as a teaching novel. René herself calls it “fictionalized memoir,” part truth, part fiction. The storyline begins with the protagonist at loose ends, having lost both of her parents, and within a week of her father’s death,… Read more »
November 28: Lunar Eclipse
Heart Chakra, Anahata, from Wikipedia November 28: Lunar Eclipse If it were not storming this early morning, those of us in western United States would be able to view the lunar eclipse. It is said that this eclipse brings a showering of Divine Light, preparation and cleansing for the period of time of the Winter… Read more »
Goodreads Book Giveaway: Goatsong
Goodreads Book Giveaway: Goatsong Still a few hours for the Goodreads Giveawy of Goatsong! Just click to enter by signing up! Goodreads Book Giveaway Goatsong by Patricia Damery Giveaway ends November 28, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
When the Story Gets Interesting…
Writing, like analysis, can be a process of re-creation. Sign from garden of Dominican Sisters of Peace, Columbus, OH. When the Story Gets Interesting… Last month at the Donor Event of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, three authors read from their contributions to Marked by Fire: Stories of the Jungian Way. Chie Lee,… Read more »
Finding the Middle: Traveling by Amtrak and the Election
Rain storm in Wisconsin as viewed from train. Last night we watched the dark waters of the Mississippi River, the banks no more than 50 feet from our window, as our train snaked up the Minnesota border to Winona. We turned off the lights in our roomette to better see the dark movements,… Read more »
How I found the title GOATSONG
Pan Pipes, drawing by Jessica Boehman How I found the title GOATSONG Titles come from the most surprising places—at least, this is true of Goatsong. Senior Jungian Analyst and cofounder of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco Dr. Joseph Henderson inadvertently named Goatsong, a title which came when I was consulting him about… Read more »
GOATSONG Cover Image: Artist Jessica Boehman
GOATSONG Cover Image: Artist Jessica Boehman During the time we were working on the cover for Goatsong, friend and poet Leah Shelleda forwarded me a link to a goat drawing by Jessica Boehman. I was mesmerized! There was the image for which I had been searching! As it turned out, though, the image was already… Read more »
Quest for Manitou
Looking toward the tail of the Great Serpent, In my own story in Marked by Fire: Stories of the Jungian Way, I told a big dream I had as a young adult in which I was introduced to the word manitou. The word was so compelling I began a search to… Read more »
More About Mystery: Marked by Fire Stories
The Path of Contemplating Mystery, Pisa, Italy Opening to mystery: such a creative act! My job as analyst is often helping people tolerate the anxiety of mystery long enough to enter the portal of the unknown. So often we scramble to the so-called safety of the known, concentrate on adaptation, the tasks… Read more »
GOATSONG: Questions and Personal Mythology
The structure of Goatsong was inspired by a story I used to read to my sons, The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. The mother in the story played a kind of deadpan backup comedian as she asked her son about his school field trip that day, the storyline consisting of her questions and… Read more »
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