When traveling there is the outer trip but also the inner journey. Currently in Turkiye, learning so much!

The creative process, so far as we are able to follow it at all, consists in the unconscious activation of an archetypal image .... By giving it shape, the artist translates it into the language of the present and so makes it possible for us to find our way back to the deepest springs of life
CGJung

Language, in its origin and essence, is simply a system of signs or symbols that denote real occurrences or their echo in the human soul.
-- Carl Gustav Jung (1956). “Symbols of transformation”

Eternal truth needs a human language that alters with the spirit of the times.
Carl Jung
#cgjung (1966). “The practice of psychotherapy”, Bollingen

Today's Prayer Another daily practice.

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#poem #poetry #perfectionism

Taking in the View A healing image from my psyche.

What healing inner image have you had lately? poemsbylauralb.substack.com/p/taking-in-...

“A world without love is a world governed by rigid contracts and inexorable duties, a world in which – God forbid! – the lawyers run everything. The mark of really loving someone or something is unconditionality and excess, engagement and commitment, fire and passion.”
― John D. Caputo, On Religion

An Adventure Ushering at the Goodman Theare, Chicago, yesterday.

A mew poem! poemsbylauralb.substack.com/p/an-adventure

Treating the Sunday readings as if they are #dreams is yielding some really big surprises. This practice leads to not privileging traditional views but allowing the images themselves to subvert the primacy of the ego. #Jungian

New episode Thursday! Our reflections on the readings for Easter. As usual, we encounter some surprises! Join us!
Art - Mary Magdalene and the apostles Peter and John at the empty tomb, 1629 pod.link/1799776273

Have you re-created yourself today? A new #poem! poemsbylauralb.substack.com/p/play

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“Boredom is rage spread thin”
― Paul Tillich

Today's Opposites Any day spent on a poem is a good day!

Today's #poem

Harvest As I get ready to plant again, I think about this poem from last Fall

A #poem!

The Stinging Nettle Mystery School is the combination of all things which bring me joy in life. Studying mysticism, writing, creating, nature, philosophy, psychology, Jyotish and Druidism. I'm the teacher and the student, you're welcome to share in the Great Mystery.

“Is the life you are living too small for your soul’s desire?”
― James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

“We are, paradoxically, obliged to thank our symptoms, for they catch our attention, compel seriousness, and offer profound clues”
― James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up

New episode Thursday! We explore the many layers and mysteries of the Lazarus story and ask ourselves, "where am I at in the story right now?" We hope you'll join us! pod.link/1799776273

As we go through Lent, where am I at in the story right now?

Spooky Science Finally, a poem!

A new poem! Always a gift to finish one, especially if it is more fun than dire. poemsbylauralb.substack.com/p/spooky-sci...

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Jung once observed that our neuroses were in fact our private religions, that is, where the bulk of our spirit is actually invested~James Hollis

New Episode Thursday. "The Blind One Sees."
We explore these very familiar stories as if they were a dream and the parts of the story live in me. Join us! pod.link/1799776273
Art ca 980

Bird Brains Poem 21, March 10, 2026

A new #poem! #poetry.

Forgive the dated lanugage -
Chance as a category of experience is a symptom of the alienated life. For the Self-connected man, as for the child and the primitive, chance does not exist. Perhaps this is the meaning of "Unless you tum & become like children you will never enter the Kingdom"
Edinger

"The Living Water" is a powerful archetype. It's featured in a famous fairy tale and is the mythic theme in the readings this week. (Moses hits the rock to produce water, Jesus talks at the well with the Samaritan woman). We approach these as dreams. Join us for a "deep dive!" pod.link/1799776273

Inner Drama Poem 18 – March 4, 2026

New poem! #Dreaming #myths #CGJung

Amor Fati Poem 14 – 2/26/26

A new poem!
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New episode Thursday! We explore transfigurations, think about synchronicities, look at the symbolism of the number three, and much more! Join us!
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Art -- Duccio di Buoninsegn ca 1300