To "Stay Open-Eyed in the Terrible Place": Opening Remarks on the Art & Alchemy o
On Monday, August 21st the entirety of North America experienced a partial or total solar eclipse. With its direct path stretching...
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...
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...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, or, Trauma and the Repetition of History
“Forgive me. I feel it again… the call to the light... Show me again, the power of the darkness, and I will let nothing stand in our way....
Dionysos Out of Exile: Embodiment, Emotion, and the Recovery of the Male Soul
We're all familiar with the now stereotypical concept of the American "self-made man": an independant go-getter, yet solitary, often...
The Sacred Psyche: C.G. Jung's Psychology of Religion
Religion and the Search for Meaning Many consider ours the "age of anxiety" with near-constant threats of terror, fear, and ecological...