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Divination and its Objections
Welcome back to this series on Why Divination is Real. In Part 3, we discussed the nature of mind, the great thinkers of idealism and …
Divination and Idealism
“Tell me,” Wittgenstein asked a friend, “why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that the sun went round the earth …
What Exactly are the Divination Arts?
“As long as you still experience the stars as something “above your head,” you lack the eye of knowledge.” Friedrich Nietzsche Following Part 1 of …
Discovering Divination
“Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.” – Carl Jung Divination, a practice as old as civilisation itself, has been …
Empathy Is Not What We’ve Been Told
Normally we are told that empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Some scholars describe its attributes in terms of …
Making Sense of: Ego Inflation
As we navigate and individuate in the modern world, understanding and recognising the concept of ego inflation takes on increasing importance. Key to personal evolution, …
There’s a Difference…
There’s a difference between: What is right vs. What is true Being wrong vs. Being inaccurate Defending against evil vs. Defending your self-image “Forgiving” someone …
Habit 1 – Take Responsibility for Your Mind
The foundation of any genuine personal and spiritual growth path is the need to take responsibility for your mind. Unless you take responsibility for your …
Resistance: the Ego or the Self?
For many centuries, there has been a growing disconnect in Western culture from the essence of spiritual growth, wholesome conduct, and the practice of living …
What We Are Missing About Spirituality
Spirituality matters, I believe, because all of the challenges us humans face, such as: financial trouble, loss of meaning or direction, anger, sadness, discord, loneliness, …
What Is a Narcissist?
The word ‘narcissist’ is shorthand for someone with Narcissist Personality Disorder, which is a medical diagnosis for someone displaying observable characteristics including an inflated sense …
Participation Mystique
If you’ve ever had a numinous spiritual experience, fallen in love, experienced joy at your sports team winning, or even become trapped in an abusive …
Cults and the Unconscious
There was much I had to learn during my own exit and recovery from the inner circle of an exploitative Buddhist cult. In my months …
Is Your Workplace A Cult?
The workplace isn’t somewhere commonly associated with ‘cults.’ But a cult can be any group of people bound together by codependent dynamics. Exploitative cults can …
Turning the Cult on Its Head
Cults can be a vehicle for spiritual growth as well as a trap. But one thing that defines them as a cult is that they …
Letting Go vs. ‘Doing Nothing’
It can be tempting to think that the wholesome response to malevolence is to ‘let it go’ by ‘doing nothing’ – To show antagonists a …
An Enormous Spiritual Task
The challenges faced by civilization today are not bad luck or random coincidence. The real challenge is not climate change, biodiversity, pandemics, social media, war, …
Why Are You in a Hurry?
When we hurry and rush around, there’s a story that accompanies it: I’m moving fast to get more done, to arrive on time, to not …
Whenever We Are Suffering
Whenever we are suffering, there’s something we’re not seeing. Whenever we cannot control our emotions, behaviour and decisions, the unconscious is involved. As Carl Jung …
Facing up to Feeling
Only when we are willing to face up to feeling, can anyone else help us in a sustainable way. If we are not willing, all …
True Friendship
What does ‘True Friendship’ mean to you? Studies suggest that loneliness is on the rise globally, despite us being more ‘connected’ than ever. I suspect …
Gratitude Calibrates Our Perception
Gratitude is not about seeing life through rose tinted glasses or as ‘better than they are.’ It is about not seeing things as worse than …
Individuation is Not Achieved Through Compliance
Individuation, becoming one’s True Self, is not achieved by complying or being accepted by the world. This does not mean we begin breaking laws or …