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Essays on psychology, myth, philosophy and the garden of the inner world.
Featured essays
Psychology
The Garden of Solitude
On the quiet hours when the self returns to itself, and what Jung called individuation.
Mythology
Castor and Pollux
The myth of Castor and Pollux (Greek: Polydeuces) is one of the richest symbolic stories in Greek mythology. Beyond being an ancient legend, it can be understood as a profound map of the human psyche and as the archetypal foundation of the astrological sign Gemini.
Nature
On the Melancholy of Late Summer Gardens
When the sunflowers bow their heads and something quietly turns inside.
All reflections
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Mythology
Persephone
The descent of Persephone, the pomegranate seeds and the return of spring — read as a map of loss, initiation and the soul's seasonal renewal.
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Mythology
Narcissus – The Mirror of the Soul
The myth of Narcissus is one of the most misunderstood stories in Greek mythology. He is not a man who loves himself too much — he is a man who never truly comes to know himself.
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Philosophy
Walking with the Stoics at Dawn
Marcus Aurelius, cold mornings, and the practice of beginning again.
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Mythology
The Owl in the Mythic Imagination
From Athena's companion to the woodland oracle — the owl as inner witness.
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Astrology
The Sun
In astrology, the Sun is the heart of the birth chart — the eternal source of light, life, and consciousness. It awakens within us the will to be ourselves, to create, to love, and to leave a meaningful mark upon the world.
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Astrology
Saturn Return: A Symbolic Reading
Every twenty-nine years the sky asks a question. Here is one way to listen.
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Literature
Rilke and Living the Questions
Patience with the unresolved, and the letter that keeps saving young poets.
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Nature
Peonies, and the Practice of Attention
A short meditation on the flower that only opens if you sit still.
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Nature
Magnolia: The Flower Older Than Bees
Magnolias bloomed some ninety million years ago, before bees existed — so their thick, waxy petals were built for beetles to crawl over. An ancient flower still opening on bare branches each spring.