The Four Initiations: Introduction
Welcome to what will be a new series of posts. Introduction I want to talk about four key initiatory thresholds that define 21st Century Spirituality in the realms of Body, Mind, Shadow and Spirit. (There... More »
Welcome to what will be a new series of posts. Introduction I want to talk about four key initiatory thresholds that define 21st Century Spirituality in the realms of Body, Mind, Shadow and Spirit. (There... More »
Myth, Fairy Tale, and Psyche in Pan's Labyrinth Well, it's finally out on video and I thought it would be a good time to watch Pan's Labyrinth again and offer up the second part of... More »
Connie Zweig Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and author of several non-fiction books including the widely acclaimed Romancing the Shadow has just published a novel about the life of Sufi poet Rumi called A Moth To The Flame.... More »
Well, as C4Chaos put it - The Secret ain't so secret anymore! Just thought I'd share the recent commenatry/review from the L.A. Times . Chck out the promotional video above - I wonder when we... More »
What follows is my initial review of the movie - I have since written part two, which deals more explicitly with the mythic structure and psychological symbolism of the film. Read it here! The Plot... More »
Introduction In response to the wonderful dialog about The Secret, I thought it might be interesting to do a slightly less polemical step-back here and talk about what I think healthy stage appropriate spiritual practice... More »
Hi Everyone, Response to Comments Recent interest and controversy over my review of The Secret has prompted me to write a very brief part two! First of all, thanks to all of you who have... More »
www.julianwalkeryoga.com I posted this review at the end of 2006 - I am happy to finally be able to say - Yes, I do have an alternative approach available now! It's called Radical Transformation: A... More »
www.julianwalkeryoga.com The Spiritual Psyche's Shadow Part One is a discussion of the issues, Part Two a brief history of gurus, cults and aliens complete with many video links. Watch and learn! Scroll down to Part... More »
The psychological aspect of 21 st Century Spirituality is powerfully important. My central premise here is this: 90% of what passes for spirituality and/or religion is actually a psychological defense against 3 specific traumatizing conflicts... More »