Yin-yang Dynamics: Explaining Jung’s Anima Animus
“The Hindus say that without Shakti, the personified feminine life force, Shiva, who encompasses the masculine ability to act, becomes a corpse. She is...
Self-overcoming: Investigating Nietzsche’s Übermensch (Superman)
“We stumble on; the Übermensch plants a foot where there is no certain hold; and in the struggle that follows, the whole of us...
Ayn Rand’s Stream of Philosophy
Ayn Rand, a 20th century controversial novelist/philosopher, had some thought-provoking ideas to add to the world of philosophy and metaphysics. Her work attracted both...
Crouching Warrior Hidden Champion, Part 4: Confrontation with the Inner Shadow
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson We all have a hero buried somewhere...
Crouching Warrior Hidden Champion, Part 3: Encounter with the Inner Trickster
“Trickster is an agent of transformation, and transformation is directly connected to the trickster’s typical character as a shape-shifter, neither fully one thing nor...
Crouching Warrior Hidden Champion, Part 2: Encounter with the Inner Mentor
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this...
Crouching Warrior Hidden Champion, Part 1: Encounter with the Inner Herald
“It is precisely the god-like in ourselves that we are ambivalent about, fascinated by and fearful of, motivated to and defensive against. This is...
Yin Yang, a Symbol of Balance and Harmony
Yin-Yang is a deeply rooted concept in Taoist philosophy, representing the constant state of change or duality in the universe forming a whole. It...
The Path of the Razor: Shedding the Superfluous
“In an atonal world one must oppose it in such a way that one compels it to tonalize itself.” –Slavoj Zizec “Entities should not be...