Logan: Re-visioning Mutants as Mystics
We are indeed mutants. ~ Jeffrey J. Kripal, “Mutant Marvels” in The Serpent’s Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion I’ve been holding off on these depth psychological reflections on Marvel Studio’s latest comic book adaptation of the X-men saga, Logan, due to some ambivalence around “spoiling” the ending. I figure at this point most everyone (who cares) knows: Wolverine dies. I enjoyed the film, but it was the final, closing scene that really struck me – deepl
Evolving Intellect through Instinct: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
So I'm definitely a latecomer to this party, but I was pretty impressed with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I feel like it makes some astute depth psychological observations about human nature and the avarice behind some of mainstream biomedical scientific culture, so I thought I'd unpack a few of the more poignant moments here. Early in the film, a fairly straightforward Freudian hermeneutic dawned on me: ape = instinct; biomedical tech industry = intellect. The plot lin
